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spur
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Definitions ofspur
1noun
- A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- A jab given with the spurs.
- Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
- An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
- Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
- Roots, tree roots.
- A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
- A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
- A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- The short wooden buttress of a post.
- A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
- Ergotized rye or other grain.
- A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
- A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
- A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
- A branch of a vein.
- A very short branch line of a railway line.
- A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
1verb
- To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
- To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
- To put spurs on.
Example: "to spur boots"
- To press forward; to travel in great haste.
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