Definition of spur

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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..

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Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..
Pseudo- :: Pseudo- () A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively..
Spurt :: Sourt (n.) Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy..
Spurner :: Spurn (n.) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
Truthless :: Truthless (a.) Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless.
Gablock :: Gablock (n.) A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock..
Gear :: Gear (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively..
Spurway :: Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
Philosophism :: Philosophism (n.) Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.
Loriner :: Loriner (n.) A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler..
Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
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..
Euphorbia :: Euphorbia (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products..
Adulterous :: Adulterous (a.) Characterized by adulteration; spurious.
Terutero :: Terutero (n.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.
Spurrier :: Spurrey (n.) See Spurry.
Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious..
Dicentra :: Dicentra (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis)..
Spur :: Spur (n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.
Bastardly :: Bastardly (a.) Bastardlike; baseborn; spurious; corrupt.
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