Definition of spur

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Spur (v. t.) To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot..

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Hotspurred :: Hotspurred (a.) Violent; impetuous; headstrong.
Dispurvey :: Dispurvey (v. t.) To disfurnish; to strip.
Incentive :: Incentive (n.) That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action..
Bespurt :: Bespurt (v. t.) To spurt on or over; to asperse.
Spurn :: Spurn (n.) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
Isidorian :: Isidorian (a.) Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century..
Spurling :: Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.
Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign..
Spurrier :: Spurrey (n.) See Spurry.
Spurn :: Spurn (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
Spur-royal :: Spurrier (n.) One whose occupation is to make spurs.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles..
Rowel :: Rowel (n.) The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points..
Gear :: Gear (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively..
Extemporaneous :: Extemporaneous (a.) Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..
Spurgewort :: Spurge (n.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.
Calcarated :: Calcarated (a.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers..
Misedition :: Misedition (n.) An incorrect or spurious edition.
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