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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Spurn :: Spurn (n.) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
Heelspur :: Heelspur (n.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.
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..
Spur-royal :: Spurrier (n.) One whose occupation is to make spurs.
Spurtle :: Spurt (v. i.) To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency..
Foot :: Foot (v. t.) To kick with the foot; to spurn.
Shin :: Shin (v. i.) To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast..
Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off..
Gablock :: Gablock (n.) A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock..
Spurling :: Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.
Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign..
Spurn-water :: Spurner (n.) One who spurns.
Spur :: Spur (v. t.) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive..
Spurless :: Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue..
Incite :: Incite (v. t.) To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
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..
Wivern :: Wivern (n.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs..
Bespirt :: Bespirt (v. t.) Same as Bespurt.
Spurgall :: Spurgall (n.) A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.
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