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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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..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..
Dispurvey :: Dispurvey (v. t.) To disfurnish; to strip.
Spur :: Spur (n.) Something that projects; a snag.
Spurred :: Spurn-water (n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
Philosophism :: Philosophism (n.) Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
Spur :: Spur (n.) Ergotized rye or other grain.
Spur :: Spur (n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side..
Spur :: Spur (n.) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
Spirtle :: Spirt (v. & n.) Same as Spurt.
Dispurpose :: Dispurpose (v. t.) To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots..
Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..
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..
Spurging :: Spurgewort (n.) Any euphorbiaceous plant.
Terutero :: Terutero (n.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.
Ranunculaceous :: Ranunculaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculaceae), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony..
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