Definition of spur

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Spur (n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.

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Bastardly :: Bastardly (a.) Bastardlike; baseborn; spurious; corrupt.
Spur-royal :: Spurrier (n.) One whose occupation is to make spurs.
Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A spur, or spurlike prominence..
Rowel :: Rowel (n.) The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points..
Hotspur :: Hotspur (n.) A rash, hot-headed man..
Tampoe :: Tampoe (n.) The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.
Free :: Free (superl.) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse..
Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..
Foot :: Foot (v. t.) To kick with the foot; to spurn.
Spurn :: Spurn (n.) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
Incentive :: Incentive (n.) That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action..
Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign..
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)..
Spur :: Spurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spu.
Spurious :: Spurging (n.) A purging.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A tern.
Calcarated :: Calcarated (a.) Armed with a spur.
Spurn :: Spurn (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
Spur-shell :: Spurry (n.) An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder..
Bicalcarate :: Bicalcarate (a.) Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird..
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