Bee Larkspur :: Bee larkspur () (Bot.) See Larkspur.

Bespurt :: Bespurt (v. t.) To spurt on or over; to asperse.

Cockspur :: Cockspur (n.) A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn..

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

Conspurcation :: Conspurcation (n.) The act of defiling; defilement; pollution.

Dispurpose :: Dispurpose (v. t.) To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots..

Dispurse :: Dispurse (v. t.) To disburse.

Dispurvey :: Dispurvey (v. t.) To disfurnish; to strip.

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

Forespurrer :: Forespurrer (n.) One who rides before; a harbinger.

Heelspur :: Heelspur (n.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.

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

Hotspur :: Hotspur (a.) Alt. of Hotspurre.

Hotspurred :: Hotspurred (a.) Violent; impetuous; headstrong.

Larkspur :: Larkspur (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee..

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..

Spur :: Spunky (superl.) Full of spunk; quick; spirited.

Spur :: Spur (n.) A sparrow.

Spur :: Spur (n.) A tern.

Spur :: Spur (n.) An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood..

Spur :: Spur (n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.

Spur :: Spur (n.) Something that projects; a snag.

Spur :: Spur (n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.

Spur :: Spur (n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg..

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..

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..

Spur :: Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut..

Spur :: Spur (n.) The short wooden buttress of a post.

Spur :: Spur (n.) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage..

Spur :: Spur (n.) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.

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