speared
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]speared (not comparable)
- Wielding a spear.
- 1832 May 17, F[rancis] W[illiam] Newman, “Letter LIII.”, in Personal Narrative, in Letters, Principally from Turkey, in the Years 1830-3, London: Holyoake and Co., […], published 1856, page 84:
- I must add, that a speared horseman, who said he had been sent to kill us, demanded ransom. The soldier coming up mediated. We compromised and the man got his fee. Perhaps, having a horse and spear, he was doing a job on his own account: if not, he got double pay.
- 1873, W[illiam] F[rancis] Butler, “The Situation at Home.—The West again.—A Land of Silence.”, in The Wild North Land: Being the Story of a Winter Journey, with Dogs, Across Northern North America, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, […], page 3:
- Taken any way one can, an army on paper is not a satisfactory profession. […] those who shape its destinies are so ready to direct it against matchlock monarchs and speared soldiery; […]
- 1942 November 28, Marcia Winn, “Front Views and Profiles”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume CI, number 285, Chicago, Ill., page 17, column 5:
- The curtain on the third act was about to go up when we went back, and we were very surprised, as we stood there and gawked, to see a handful of gigantic hillbillies in overalls, red kerchiefs and straw hats mixed in casually with the gypsies, booted soldiers and speared warriors who were about to stride on.
Verb
[edit]speared
- simple past and past participle of spear