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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..

Spurn :: Spurn (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.

Spur :: Spur (n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.

Spar :: Spar (v. i.) To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do..

Spurrier :: Spurrey (n.) See Spurry.

Septulate :: Septulate (a.) Having imperfect or spurious septa.

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

Adulterine :: Adulterine (a.) Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal.

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

Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so..

Rowel :: Rowel (n.) The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points..

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

Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.

Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..

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..

Incentive :: Incentive (n.) That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action..

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)..

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..

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

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

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