Definition of spur

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

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Offset :: Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Spurrer :: Spurred (a.) Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye..
Hooke''s Gearing :: Hooke's gearing () Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle..
Spurn :: Spurning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spur.
Spurling-line :: Spurling (n.) A tern.
Francolin :: Francolin (n.) A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia..
Tithymal :: Tithymal (n.) Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias..
Gear :: Gear (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively..
Spurging :: Spurgewort (n.) Any euphorbiaceous plant.
Spur :: Spur (n.) Something that projects; a snag.
Bespurt :: Bespurt (v. t.) To spurt on or over; to asperse.
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Conspurcate :: Conspurcate (v. t.) To pollute; to defile.
Pelargonium :: Pelargonium (n.) A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceae, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla..
Spurless :: Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue..
Interpolated :: Interpolated (a.) Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter..
Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe..
Bastardly :: Bastardly (adv.) In the manner of a bastard; spuriously.
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..
Apocryphal :: Apocryphal (a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
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