Spear (?), n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer, OS. & OHS.
sper, Icel. spjör, pl., Dan. spær, 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. [See Illust. of
Spearhead.] "A sharp ground spear." Chaucer.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruning hooks.
Micah iv. 3.