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▪ I. spearing, n. Chiefly U.S.|ˈspɪərɪŋ|
[? ad. Du. and G. spiering smelt (see sparling).]
a. U.S. The anchovy.
b. ground spearing (see quots.).
1838Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXIV. 333/2 Saurus Myops, Cuv.;..Mouse-eyed Saury... Is found off St. Helena, and called by the colonists the Ground Spearing. 1884Goode Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim. 612 The fishermen distinguish it [Anchovy] from the true ‘Whitebait’, the young of the herring, calling it ‘Spearing’. 1896Jordan & Evermann Fishes Amer. 533 Trachinocephalus myops,..Ground Spearing;..common in West Indies and Brazil.
▪ II. spearing, vbl. n.|ˈspɪərɪŋ|
[f. spear v.3]
The action of piercing, killing, etc., with a spear. Also attrib.
1779Cook Third Voy. vi. v. (1784) III. 297 Our diversion was therefore changed to spearing of salmon. 1839T. C. Hofland Brit. Angler's Man. xv. (1841) 184 The spearing⁓ground generally chosen, is a soft, sandy, or grassy bottom. 1876‘Wildfowler’ Shooting & Fishing Trips II. 263 He resumed his spearing [of eels]. 1900I. Savory Sportswoman in India i. 16 Spearing on the near side of a horse is most dangerous, and is not allowed.
Add:2. N. Amer. a. Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, etc. The illegal action of jabbing a member of an opposing team with the point or end of the stick.
1957Patrick & Monahan Let's play Hockey 36, I think spearing is a deliberate attempt to injure an opponent, and for this reason I believe it should be a major, five-minute penalty. 1963Albertan (Calgary) (Sports section) 10 Dec. 11/2 ‘Spearing is dangerous, too, but there's more high-sticking’ Thompson said. 1970M. Braithwaite Never sleep Three in Bed x. 126 Fist fights were frequent, and butt ends, spearing, and all the other neat little tricks were as common then as now. 1983Washington Post 7 Mar. d8/1 Holt has taken some foolish sentences for spearing, unsportsmanlike conduct and unnecessary stick fouls.
b. Amer. Football. The illegal action of ramming or butting a member of an opposing team with the helmet.
1964Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 4 May 421/1 The practice of head-blocking and head-tackling known as ‘spearing’ must be examined carefully... One must question the place of spearing in high school football. 1973R. C. Schneider Head & Neck Injuries in Football vi. 116 The mechanism for such injury whether due to ‘stick-blocking’ or ‘spearing’, may involve impairment of the vascular supply to the brain stem. 1979Facts on File 9 Mar. 176/1 The committee added an automatic first down to the established 15-yard penalties for spearing (ramming or butting with the helmet), kicking an opponent,..and striking the ball carrier. 1987QuarterBack Mar. 14/1 Spearing, that flagrant abuse of the rules, has been banned for 10 years and paralysing neck injuries have dropped.
▪ III. † ˈspearing, ppl. a. Obs.—1
[f. *spear, var. of spire v.]
Rising in a spiral form.
1752Phil. Trans. XLVII. 478 Those, who saw it evaporate, affirm it ascended into the clouds in a long spearing vapour, and at last ended in a fiery stream. |