SPUR
\spˈɜː], \spˈɜː], \s_p_ˈɜː]\
Definitions of SPUR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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give heart or courage to
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incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research"
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tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
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equip with spurs; "spur horses"
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strike with a spur
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goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse"
By Princeton University
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give heart or courage to
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incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research"
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tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
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goad with spurs, as of horses when riding
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equip with spurs; "spur horses"
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strike with a spur
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A branch of a vein.
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The track of an animal, as an otter; a spoor.
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A sparrow.
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That which goads to action; an incitement.
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Something that projects; a snag.
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One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
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Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
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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.
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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.
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A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
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The short wooden buttress of a post.
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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.
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Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
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Ergotized rye or other grain.
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A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
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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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A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
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To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
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To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive.
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To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
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To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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A small wheel with sharp points, worn on the heel of boots to urge on a horse; anything that urges to action; as, the challenge was a spur to his ambition; a mountain ridge running out to the side from a range of mountains; the stiff, sharp spine on a rooster's leg.
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To prick with a spur; excite to action; as, to spur one to greater effort; stimulate; urge.
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To travel with haste; as, to spur rapidly along the road.
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Spurring.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An instrument on a horseman's heels, with sharp points for goading the horse: that which goads or instigates: something projecting: the hard projection on a cock's leg: a small range of mountains extending laterally from a larger range.
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To urge on with spurs: to urge onward: to impel: to put spurs on.
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To press forward: to travel in great haste:-pr.p. spurring; pa.t. and pa.p. spurred.
By Daniel Lyons
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Pointed instrument fastened to a rider's heel for goading the horse; instigation; sharp projection on the leg of a cock; any sharp projection; ridge running out laterally from a mountain-range.
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To goad with spurs; urge.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To urge on by the spur.
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To furnish with spurs.
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A pricking or goading instrument worn on a horseman's heel.
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Anything that incites or urges.
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A stiff sharp spine, as on the leg of a domestic cock.
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A projecting crag, ridge, or the like.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A sharp projection, such as the hippocampus minor. [Ang.-Sax.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, German] An instrument having a little wheel with sharp points, worn on a horseman's heels to prick a horse in order to hasten his pace ;-incitement; instigation;-something that projects; a snag;-the largest or principal root of a tree;-the hard, pointed projection on a cock's leg ; - a mountain that shoots from any other mountain or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction:- a brace; a strut ; - any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
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