| Spur |
n. |
A branch of a vein. |
| Spur |
n. |
The track of an animal, as an otter; a spoor. |
| Spur |
n. |
A sparrow. |
| Spur |
n. |
A tern. |
| Spur |
n. |
An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood. |
| Spur |
n. |
That which goads to action; an incitement. |
| Spur |
n. |
Something that projects; a snag. |
| Spur |
n. |
One of the large or principal roots of a tree. |
| Spur |
n. |
Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg. |
| Spur |
n. |
A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles. |
| Spur |
n. |
A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber. |
| Spur |
n. |
A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut. |
| Spur |
n. |
The short wooden buttress of a post. |
| Spur |
n. |
A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage. |
| Spur |
n. |
Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur. |
| Spur |
n. |
Ergotized rye or other grain. |
| Spur |
n. |
A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall. |
| Spur |
n. |
A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side. |
| Spur |
n. |
A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed. |
| Spur |
v. t. |
To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse. |
| Spur |
v. t. |
To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive. |
| Spur |
v. t. |
To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot. |
| Spur |
v. i. |
To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit. |
| Spur-royal |
n. |
A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings. |
| Spur-shell |
n. |
Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur. |
| Spur-winged |
a. |
Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. |
| Spurgall |
n. |
A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur. |
| Spurgall |
v. t. |
To gall or wound with a spur. |
| Spurge |
v. t. |
To emit foam; to froth;
said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation. |
| Spurge |
n. |
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia. |
| Spurgewort |
n. |
Any euphorbiaceous plant. |
| Spurging |
n. |
A purging. |
| Spurious |
a. |
Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. |
| Spurious |
a. |
Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. |
| Spurless |
a. |
Having no spurs. |
| Spurling |
n. |
A tern. |
| Spurling-line |
n. |
The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale. |
| Spurn |
v. t. |
To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick. |
| Spurn |
v. t. |
To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt. |
| Spurn |
v. i. |
To kick or toss up the heels. |
| Spurn |
v. i. |
To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance. |
| Spurn |
n. |
A kick; a blow with the foot. |
| Spurn |
n. |
Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment. |
| Spurn |
n. |
A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass. |
| Spurn-water |
n. |
A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water. |
| Spurned |
imp. & p. p. |
of Spurn |
| Spurner |
n. |
One who spurns. |
| Spurning |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Spurn |
| Spurred |
imp. & p. p. |
of Spur |
| Spurred |
a. |
Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs. |
| Spurred |
a. |
Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye. |
| Spurrer |
n. |
One who spurs. |
| Spurrey |
n. |
See Spurry. |
| Spurrier |
n. |
One whose occupation is to make spurs. |
| Spurring |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Spur |
| Spurry |
n. |
An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder. |
| Spurt |
v. i. |
To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt. |
| Spurt |
v. t. |
To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth. |
| Spurt |
n. |
A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space. |
| Spurt |
v. i. |
To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency. |
| Spurted |
imp. & p. p. |
of Spurt |
| Spurting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Spurt |
| Spurtle |
v. t. |
To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner. |
| Spurway |
n. |
A bridle path. |
