Definition of spur

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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..

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Bicalcarate :: Bicalcarate (a.) Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird..
Spur-royal :: Spurrier (n.) One whose occupation is to make spurs.
Jade :: Jade (v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
Spurgall :: Spur (v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit..
Ecaudate :: Ecaudate (a.) Without a tail or spur.
Hooke''s Gearing :: Hooke's gearing () Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle..
Spurious :: Spurging (n.) A purging.
Hotspur :: Hotspur (a.) Alt. of Hotspurre.
Spurt :: Spurting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spur.
Spurtle :: Spurt (v. i.) To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency..
Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..
Spurting :: Spurted (imp. & p. p.) of Spur.
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
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..
Lauriol :: Lauriol (n.) Spurge laurel.
Septulate :: Septulate (a.) Having imperfect or spurious septa.
Spurway :: Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off..
Wartwort :: Wartwort (n.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis)..
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