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Spur :: Spur (v. t.) To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse..

Spur :: Spur (n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.

Heelspur :: Heelspur (n.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.

Spur :: 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..

Counterfort :: Counterfort (n.) A spur or projection of a mountain.

Wartwort :: Wartwort (n.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis)..

Sprit :: Sprit (v. i.) To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.

Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick..

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..

Supposititious :: Supposititious (a.) Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing..

Spur :: Spur (n.) Something that projects; a snag.

Euphorbia :: Euphorbia (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products..

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..

Lauriol :: Lauriol (n.) Spurge laurel.

Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A spur, or spurlike prominence..

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..

Spurted :: Spurt (n.) A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space..

Spurway :: Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.

Extempore :: Extempore (adv.) Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore..

Irreptitious :: Irreptitious (a.) Surreptitious; spurious.

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