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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Supposititious :: Supposititious (a.) Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing..
Bastardly :: Bastardly (adv.) In the manner of a bastard; spuriously.
Spirtle :: Spirt (v. & n.) Same as Spurt.
Free :: Free (superl.) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse..
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (adv.) Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist..
Spurn :: Spurn (n.) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
Solubility :: Solubility (n.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil..
Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
Misedition :: Misedition (n.) An incorrect or spurious edition.
Spurge :: Spurgall (v. t.) To gall or wound with a spur.
Spurn :: Spurning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spur.
Spurred :: Spurn-water (n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious..
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
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.
Improvise :: Improvise (v. t.) To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone..
Spurt :: Spurt (v. i.) To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt..
Bespurt :: Bespurt (v. t.) To spurt on or over; to asperse.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A sparrow.
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