spur.
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.
Meaning & usage
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 branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English spure, spore, from Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”).
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.
to spur boots
To press forward; to travel in great haste.
To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
Where this word comes from
From Middle English spure, spore, from Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”).
A tern.
Where this word comes from
See sparrow.
A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
Where this word comes from
Short for spurious.
The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
Alternative form of speer.
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