SPUR
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Spur (sp&û;r), n. [See Sparrow.] (Zo&ö;l.) (a) A sparrow. [Scot.] (b) A tern. [Prov. Eng.]
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Spur, n. [OE. spure, spore, AS. spura, spora; akin to D. spoor, G. sporn, OHG. sporo, Icel. spori, Dan. spore, Sw. sporre, and to AS. spor a trace, footstep, spyrian to trace, track, examine, and E. spurn. √171. Cf. Sparrow, Spere, Spoor, Spurn.] 1. An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood.
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And on her feet a pair of spurs large.
Chaucer.
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2. That which goads to action; an incitement.
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights and live laborious days.
Milton.
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3. Something that projects; a snag.
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4. One of the large or principal roots of a tree. Shak.
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5. (Zo&ö;l.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain birds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
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6. 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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7. 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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8. (Carp.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
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9. (Arch.) (a) The short wooden buttress of a post. (b) 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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10. (Bot.) (a) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur. Gray. (b) Ergotized rye or other grain. [R.]
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11. (Fort.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
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12. (Shipbuilding) (a) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side. (b) A curved piece of timber serving as a half beam to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
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13. (Mining) A branch of a vein.
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14. The track of an animal, as an otter; a spoor.
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Spur fowl (Zo&ö;l.), any one of several species of Asiatic gallinaceous birds of the genus Galloperdix, allied to the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each leg. -- Spur gear (Mach.), a cogwheel having teeth which project radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel. -- Spur gearing, gearing in which spur gears are used. See under Gearing. -- Spur pepper. (Bot.) See the Note under Capsicum. -- Spur wheel. Same as Spur gear, above.
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Spur, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurred (sp&û;rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Spurring.] 1. To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
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2. 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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Love will not be spurred to what it loathes.
Shak.
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3. To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
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Spur, v. i. To spur on one's horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit. “Now spurs the lated traveler.” Shak.
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The Parthians shall be there,
And, spurring from the fight, confess their fear.
Dryden.
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The roads leading to the capital were covered with multitudes of yeomen, spurring hard to Westminster.
Macaulay.
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Some bold men, . . . by spurring on, refine themselves.
Grew.
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