Definition of spur

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Spur (n.) The short wooden buttress of a post.

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Solubility :: Solubility (n.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil..
Spurning :: Spurned (imp. & p. p.) of Spur.
Tread-softly :: Tread-softly (n.) Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.
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..
Right :: Right (a.) Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.
Jade :: Jade (v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
Heel :: Heel (n.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well..
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..
Spur :: Spur (n.) The short wooden buttress of a post.
Misedition :: Misedition (n.) An incorrect or spurious edition.
Incite :: Incite (v. t.) To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
Spurging :: Spurgewort (n.) Any euphorbiaceous plant.
Offset :: Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
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..
Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..
Spurge :: Spurgall (v. t.) To gall or wound with a spur.
Cockspur :: Cockspur (n.) A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn..
Spurred :: Spurn-water (n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
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