Definition of spur

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

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Spur :: Spur (n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut..
Thorn :: Thorn (n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn..
Catapuce :: Catapuce (n.) Spurge.
Spurner :: Spurn (n.) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
Spurge :: Spurge (v. t.) To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.
Ecaudate :: Ecaudate (a.) Without a tail or spur.
Counterfort :: Counterfort (n.) A spur or projection of a mountain.
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..
Pseudograph :: Pseudograph (n.) A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
Burst :: Burst (n.) Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
Free :: Free (superl.) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse..
Spur :: Spur (n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
Bastardly :: Bastardly (a.) Bastardlike; baseborn; spurious; corrupt.
Tithymal :: Tithymal (n.) Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias..
Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign..
Interpolator :: Interpolator (n.) One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine writings..
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..
Spur-shell :: Spurry (n.) An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder..
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