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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Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A tern.
Spurn :: Spurn (n.) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
Gear :: Gear (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively..
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
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..
Isidorian :: Isidorian (a.) Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century..
Spurred :: Spurn-water (n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
Heel :: Heel (n.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well..
Spurn :: Spurning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spur.
Spurgall :: Spur (v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit..
Spurling :: Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.
Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..
Counterfort :: Counterfort (n.) A spur or projection of a mountain.
Hooke''s Gearing :: Hooke's gearing () Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle..
Solubility :: Solubility (n.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Bespirt :: Bespirt (v. t.) Same as Bespurt.
Free :: Free (superl.) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse..
Dispurveyance :: Dispurveyance (n.) Want of provisions; /ack of food.
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