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Extemporaneous :: Extemporaneous (a.) Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production..

Ergot :: Ergot (n.) A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea..

Brank :: Brank (v. i.) To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.

Lauriol :: Lauriol (n.) Spurge laurel.

Dispurveyance :: Dispurveyance (n.) Want of provisions; /ack of food.

Spurrer :: Spurred (a.) Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye..

Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..

Spurn :: Spurn (v. i.) To kick or toss up the heels.

Gablock :: Gablock (n.) A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock..

Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.

Sourt :: 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..

Spirtle :: Spirt (v. & n.) Same as Spurt.

Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed..

Jet :: "Jet (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet..

Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.

Ferret-eye :: Ferret-eye (n.) The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.

Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..

Conspurcation :: Conspurcation (n.) The act of defiling; defilement; pollution.

Hotspurred :: Hotspurred (a.) Violent; impetuous; headstrong.

Hotspur :: Hotspur (a.) Alt. of Hotspurre.

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