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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..

Septulate :: Septulate (a.) Having imperfect or spurious septa.

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..

Spurn :: Spurn (n.) A kick; a blow with the foot.

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

Spur :: Spur (v. t.) To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot..

Spurred :: Spurn-water (n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.

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..

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..

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..

Philosophism :: Philosophism (n.) Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.

Truthless :: Truthless (a.) Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless.

Spur :: Spur (n.) An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood..

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

Prick :: Prick (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off..

Spur :: Spur (n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg..

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

Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).

Spur :: Spur (v. t.) To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse..

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

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