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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Pseudograph :: Pseudograph (n.) A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
Spurt :: Spurt (v. i.) To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
Genuine :: Genuine (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials..
Brank :: Brank (v. i.) To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.
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..
Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick..
Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe..
Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign..
Upspurner :: Upspurner (n.) A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer.
Bespurt :: Bespurt (v. t.) To spurt on or over; to asperse.
Nasturtium :: Nasturtium (n.) Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (T. peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads..
Tithymal :: Tithymal (n.) Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias..
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.
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..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
Lauriol :: Lauriol (n.) Spurge laurel.
Forespurrer :: Forespurrer (n.) One who rides before; a harbinger.
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