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Spur \Spur\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spurred} (sp[^u]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 \Spur\ (sp[^u]r), n. [See {Sparrow}.] (Zool.)
(a) A sparrow. [Scot.]
(b) A tern. [Prov. Eng.]
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Spur \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. [root]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. (Zool.) 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} (Zool.), 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 \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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