(1):
(n.) The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
(2):
(n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
(3):
(n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
(4):
(v. t.) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
(5):
(v. i.) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
(6):
(n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.
(7):
(n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
(8):
(n.) Fig.: A spearman.