Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The action denoted by the verb spear; specifically, in harvesting tobacco, the forcing of a pointed stick through the butts of several cut stalks which are to hang upon it while curing. For other methods see
pegging , 6, andsplitting . - noun A fish, Trachinocephalus myops, the ground-spearing, belonging to the family Synodontidæ, found in tropical parts of the western Atlantic.
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- verb Present participle of
spear . - noun The
stabbing of something with aspear .
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Examples
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The boat had no sides because they had to get the crocs on board and Ian said that he liked to do what he called the spearing: lassoing the beast around the jaws.
Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007
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The boat had no sides because they had to get the crocs on board and Ian said that he liked to do what he called the spearing: lassoing the beast around the jaws.
Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007
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The boat had no sides because they had to get the crocs on board and Ian said that he liked to do what he called the spearing: lassoing the beast around the jaws.
Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007
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The boat had no sides because they had to get the crocs on board and Ian said that he liked to do what he called the spearing: lassoing the beast around the jaws.
Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007
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STRANGER: Of this barb-fishing, that which strikes the fish who is below from above is called spearing, because this is the way in which the three - pronged spears are mostly used.
The Sophist 2006
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The usual way of catching them is by spearing, which is done as follows.
Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) Samuel Strickland 1835
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From what I've read, this would be considered "spearing" in florida and is illegal for catching sharks.
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From what I've read, this would be considered "spearing" in florida and is illegal for catching sharks.
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No matter what method we follow in fishing, we must never try to catch fish by any method which the laws may prohibit, such as spearing, set lines, or nets.
Outdoor Sports and Games Claude H. Miller
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Afterward she realized that that impaling index finger was a gesture of habit -- it was his way of "spearing" witnesses in court when they were under fire.
A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall Amy Bell Marlowe
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