[perh. f. SPEAR sb.2, but cf. prec.] Slender, spindly.
1821. Clare, Vill. Minstr., II. 104. Speary barley bowing down with dew.
1854. Miss Baker, Northampt. Gloss., Speary, shooting up long and slender.
1899. Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc., March, 114. Too close planting induces to speary growth.
