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Jacana :: "Jacana (n.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird..

Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.

Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick..

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..

Terutero :: Terutero (n.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.

Dispurveyance :: Dispurveyance (n.) Want of provisions; /ack of food.

Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..

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..

Foist :: Foist (v. t.) To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in..

Shin :: Shin (v. i.) To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast..

Counterfort :: Counterfort (n.) A spur or projection of a mountain.

Spurious :: Spurging (n.) A purging.

Hotspur :: Hotspur (n.) A rash, hot-headed man..

Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A spur, or spurlike prominence..

Supposititious :: Supposititious (a.) Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing..

Prick :: Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..

Conspurcate :: Conspurcate (v. t.) To pollute; to defile.

Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.

Spurt :: Sourt (n.) Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy..

Calcarated :: Calcarated (a.) Armed with a spur.

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