Definition of spur

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Spur (n.) A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber..

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Spurling-line :: Spurling (n.) A tern.
Spurgewort :: Spurge (n.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.
Spurge :: Spurgall (v. t.) To gall or wound with a spur.
Terutero :: Terutero (n.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.
Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..
Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so..
Prick :: Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..
Spurry :: Spur-royal (n.) A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A spur, or spurlike prominence..
Wivern :: Wivern (n.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs..
Spur-shell :: Spurry (n.) An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber..
Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick..
Spur :: Spur (n.) Something that projects; a snag.
Spur-royal :: Spurrier (n.) One whose occupation is to make spurs.
Spurned :: Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
Spur :: Spur (n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.
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..
Spurn :: Spurning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spur.
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