Definition of spur

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Spur (n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side..

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Spurred :: Spur (n.) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
Spurrey :: Spurrer (n.) One who spurs.
Apocryphal :: Apocryphal (a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
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..
Adulterate :: Adulterate (a.) Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
Terutero :: Terutero (n.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.
Conspurcation :: Conspurcation (n.) The act of defiling; defilement; pollution.
Tread-softly :: Tread-softly (n.) Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.
Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..
Lussheburgh :: Lussheburgh (n.) A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called..
Catapuce :: Catapuce (n.) Spurge.
Sput :: Spur-winged (a.) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
Bee Larkspur :: Bee larkspur () (Bot.) See Larkspur.
Incite :: Incite (v. t.) To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
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..
Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick..
Spurging :: Spurgewort (n.) Any euphorbiaceous plant.
Dicentra :: Dicentra (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis)..
Pseudograph :: Pseudograph (n.) A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
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