Definition of spur

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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..

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Spur :: Spur (n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
Spurway :: Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
Spurge :: Spurge (v. t.) To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.
Spurred :: Spurred (a.) Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
Incite :: Incite (v. t.) To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
Jet :: "Jet (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A sparrow.
Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..
Spur :: Spur (n.) The short wooden buttress of a post.
Spurious :: Spurious (a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate..
Adulterate :: Adulterate (a.) Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
Irreptitious :: Irreptitious (a.) Surreptitious; spurious.
Dispurpose :: Dispurpose (v. t.) To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..
Calcarated :: Calcarated (a.) Armed with a spur.
Spur :: Spur (n.) Ergotized rye or other grain.
Spurn :: Spurning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spur.
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)..
Wolf''s-milk :: Wolf's-milk (n.) Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); -- so called from its acrid milky juice.
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