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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Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
Spar :: Spar (v. i.) To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do..
Spurling :: Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.
Asperne :: Asperne (v. t.) To spurn; to despise.
Free :: Free (superl.) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse..
Longspur :: Longspur (n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States..
Spurrer :: Spurred (a.) Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye..
Ergot :: Ergot (n.) A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea..
Solubility :: Solubility (n.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil..
Spur :: Spur (n.) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side..
Wivern :: Wivern (n.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs..
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..
Counterfort :: Counterfort (n.) A spur or projection of a mountain.
Spurt :: Spurting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spur.
Jade :: Jade (v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
Foot :: Foot (v. t.) To kick with the foot; to spurn.
Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..
Rowel :: Rowel (n.) The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points..
Spurred :: Spur (n.) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
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