Definition of spur

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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..

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Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick..
Spurtle :: Spurt (v. i.) To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency..
Spur :: 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..
Spurn :: Spurn (n.) A kick; a blow with the foot.
Spurgall :: Spurgall (n.) A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.
Jade :: Jade (v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A spur, or spurlike prominence..
Clementine :: Clementine (a.) Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law..
Spurge :: Spurge (v. t.) To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.
Stavewood :: Stavesacre (n.) A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish..
Dispurveyance :: Dispurveyance (n.) Want of provisions; /ack of food.
Ricinus :: Ricinus (n.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi..
Hotspurred :: Hotspurred (a.) Violent; impetuous; headstrong.
Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..
Asperne :: Asperne (v. t.) To spurn; to despise.
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..
Gear :: Gear (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively..
Forespurrer :: Forespurrer (n.) One who rides before; a harbinger.
Milkweed :: Milkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge..
Spur-winged :: Spurway (n.) A bridle path.
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