Definition of spur

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Spurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spu.

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Lauriol :: Lauriol (n.) Spurge laurel.
Incite :: Incite (v. t.) To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
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..
Asperne :: Asperne (v. t.) To spurn; to despise.
Spurred :: Spur (n.) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
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)..
Loriner :: Loriner (n.) A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Spurge :: Spurgall (v. t.) To gall or wound with a spur.
Ferret-eye :: Ferret-eye (n.) The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.
Wartwort :: Wartwort (n.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis)..
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.
Spurling :: Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.
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..
Spur :: Spur (n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.
Spurrey :: Spurrer (n.) One who spurs.
Adulterous :: Adulterous (a.) Characterized by adulteration; spurious.
Upspurner :: Upspurner (n.) A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A sparrow.
Tampoe :: Tampoe (n.) The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.
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