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Spur-royal :: Spurrier (n.) One whose occupation is to make spurs.

Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign..

Kamichi :: Kamichi (n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and S

Spurling-line :: Spurling (n.) A tern.

Forespurrer :: Forespurrer (n.) One who rides before; a harbinger.

Improvise :: Improvise (v. t.) To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone..

Tithymal :: Tithymal (n.) Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias..

Wolf''s-milk :: Wolf's-milk (n.) Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); -- so called from its acrid milky juice.

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

Spurt :: 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..

Dispurpose :: Dispurpose (v. t.) To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots..

Tread-softly :: Tread-softly (n.) Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.

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

Spur :: Spur (n.) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.

Spurious :: Spurious (a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate..

Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious..

Spurgewort :: Spurge (n.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.

Spur :: 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..

Spurgall :: Spur (v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit..

Burst :: Burst (n.) Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed..

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