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Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).

Spurgewort :: Spurge (n.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.

Catapuce :: Catapuce (n.) Spurge.

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

Kamichi :: Kamichi (n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and S

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

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

Brank :: Brank (v. i.) To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.

Bastardly :: Bastardly (adv.) In the manner of a bastard; spuriously.

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

Nectary :: Nectary (n.) That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium..

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

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

Spurrier :: Spurrey (n.) See Spurry.

Sourt :: Spurt (v. t.) To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth..

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..

Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious..

Spurrer :: Spurred (a.) Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye..

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..

Spurging :: Spurgewort (n.) Any euphorbiaceous plant.

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