Definition of spur

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Spur (n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side..

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Calcarated :: Calcarated (a.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred..
Spur-shell :: Spurry (n.) An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder..
Heeler :: Heeler (n.) A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.
Spurging :: Spurgewort (n.) Any euphorbiaceous plant.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut..
Ranunculaceous :: Ranunculaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculaceae), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony..
Spurt :: Spurting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spur.
Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard..
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..
Spurless :: Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue..
Wivern :: Wivern (n.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs..
Calcarated :: Calcarated (a.) Armed with a spur.
Septulate :: Septulate (a.) Having imperfect or spurious septa.
Heelspur :: Heelspur (n.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.
Offset :: Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Prick :: Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..
Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so..
Spurner :: Spurn (n.) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
Spurn-water :: Spurner (n.) One who spurns.
Gear :: Gear (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively..
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