spearing

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, and splitting.

A fish, Trachinocephalus myops, the ground-spearing, belonging to the family Synodontidæ, found in tropical parts of the western Atlantic.

Present participle of spear.

The stabbing of something with a spear.