Definition of spur

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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..

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Spurred :: Spurred (a.) Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
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..
Brank :: Brank (v. i.) To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.
Ferret-eye :: Ferret-eye (n.) The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.
Truthless :: Truthless (a.) Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless.
Spurrier :: Spurrey (n.) See Spurry.
Jade :: Jade (v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
Spur :: Spur (n.) Ergotized rye or other grain.
Catapuce :: Catapuce (n.) Spurge.
Cockspur :: Cockspur (n.) A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn..
Spur :: Spurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spu.
Bee Larkspur :: Bee larkspur () (Bot.) See Larkspur.
Terutero :: Terutero (n.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.
Apocryphal :: Apocryphal (a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
Spurling :: Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.
Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..
Spurner :: Spurn (n.) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (adv.) Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist..
Spurt :: Spur-shell (n.) Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur..
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