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Spears

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spear 1  (spîr)
n.
1. A weapon consisting of a long shaft with a sharply pointed end.
2. A shaft with a sharp point and barbs for spearing fish.
3. A soldier armed with a spear.
v. speared, spear·ing, spears
v.tr.
1. To pierce with or as if with a spear.
2. To catch with a thrust of the arm: spear a football.
3.
a. Football To block (an opponent) by ramming with the helmet, in violation of the rules.
b. Sports To jab (an opponent) with the blade of a hockey stick, in violation of the rules.
v.intr.
To stab at something with or as if with a spear.

[Middle English spere, from Old English.]

spearer n.
spearlike adj.

spear 2  (spîr)
n.
A slender stalk, as of asparagus.
intr.v. speared, spear·ing, spears
To sprout like a spear.

[Alteration of spire.]

Spears [spɪəz]
n
(Biographies / Spears, Britney (1981 F, US, MUSIC: pop singer) Britney (ˈbrɪtnɪ). born 1981, US pop singer; records include the single ``Baby One More Time'' (1998) and the album Britney (2001)


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The two spears ultimately fetched him five shillings each from the tourists at Port Moresby.
With war spears they loosened the thick, black loam and the deep layers of rotting vegetation.
It was a splendid sight to see them, each company about three hundred strong, charging swiftly up the rise, with flashing spears and waving plumes, to take their appointed place.
 
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