spear hand

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Spear \Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer, OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj["o]r, pl., Dan. spaer, L. sparus.]

1.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.

Note: [See Illust. of Spearhead.] "A sharp ground spear." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.— Micah iv. 3.[1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

3.A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. [1913 Webster]

4.A shoot, as of grass; a spire. [1913 Webster]

5.The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4. [1913 Webster]

6.The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. [1913 Webster]

Spear foot, the off hind foot of a horse.

Spear grass. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See Reed, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under Meadow.

Spear hand, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. --Crabb.

Spear side, the male line of a family. --Lowell.

Spear thistle (Bot.), the common thistle (Cnicus lanceolatus). [1913 Webster]