spurringn.1
/ˈspəːrɪŋ/ 1. attributive.1677 London Gaz. No. 1170/4 A black Mare 15 hands high,..and on the off-side no hair in the spurring place.
a. The action of pricking with a spur or spurs. Also transferred.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > wound by sharp weapon > pricking with spurs
spurringa1591
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding > use of hands and legs > using spurs
prickingc1330
spurringa1591
a1591 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 211 This gall will not hold spurring.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 58 Here come the Lords of Rosse and Willoughby, Bloudy with spurring, fiery red with haste. View more context for this quotation
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 74 These flancke spurrings,..are the most preposterous motions that can be seene in a horseman.
1708 W. Sewel Large Dict. Eng. & Dutch ii Prikkeling, a Pricking, a spurring on.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. iii. 298 The tired nag,..sticks in the middle of it;..and will proceed no further for spurring.
1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 172 I gave my sulky horse a good spurring.
b. The action of stimulating, inciting, or urging.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation
puttingOE
sleatinga1122
eggingc1200
pricking?c1225
enticement1303
movinga1382
eggmentc1386
stirring1399
instinct1412
instigationc1422
motiona1425
provocationa1425
coyingc1440
ertingc1440
tollingc1440
artation1441
incitation1477
instinction1490
inhortationc1503
stimulation1526
abetment1533
onsetting1541
provokement?1545
incitament1579
stirring?c1580
irritation1589
incitement1594
spurring1611
to give foment to1613
fomenting1615
prompturea1616
proritation1615
urgea1618
exstimulation1626
fomentation1633
instinctment1661
spurning1672
impulsing1885
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Stimulation, a pricking, or spurring forward; a prouoking, egging, instigating, vrging.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 276 When a man is so clay-like,..and must haue a continuall spurring and prouoking,..it is a wofull thing.
2.
a. spurring-in, a mode of pruning fruit trees in which side-shoots are shortened to a spur likely to produce fruit. Also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > pruned or lopped
doddedc1440
lopped1570
stubbed1575
polled1587
pollard1638
putatory1656
sneddedc1700
topped1712
pollarded?1790
lopping1795
spurring-in1829
summer-pruned1830
trunkless1897
the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > other types of pruning
frondation1664
snag-pruning1823
spurring-in1829
spur pruning1842
spurring1844
notching1898
nicking1949
1829 J. Lindley Encycl. Plants 793 Hence the spurring-in method of pruning is the most successful in the production of fruit.
1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 489 A mode of pruning by spurring-in,..as recommended by Mr. Griffin.
1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 60 A regular series of these [side branches] should be left up the stem,..practising what is termed ‘spurring-in’ by our nurserymen.
b. Similarly without in.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > other types of pruning
frondation1664
snag-pruning1823
spurring-in1829
spur pruning1842
spurring1844
notching1898
nicking1949
1844 Florist's Jrnl. 5 92 These evils are entirely obviated by short spurring, in doing which it is the practice..to cut them in to the one nearest the stem.
1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 842/2 Spurring is cutting the lateral or side-shoots, so as to leave only a few buds in length of them projecting from the main branches.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
spurringn.2
dialect.
1. plural. The banns of marriage published in church.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > official announcements, permission, or records > [noun] > banns or proclamation of
criesc1315
askingc1431
banec1440
bannsc1440
sibred1440
spurrings1787
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > music, song, or bells > [noun] > bell or peal > ringing of
spurrings1787
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Spurrings, bans of marriage.
1862 Life amongst Colliers 172 Our maids were comely and apt, the young colliers gallant, so many spurrins went from our house.
2. (See quot. 1888.)
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > at a wedding
marriage-knell1693
wedding-peal1808
marriage bell1816
bride bell1839
wedding-bella1849
spurring1888
1888 T. North Bells & Bell Lore 94 At Barnoldby-le-Beck, Lea, and other places this ringing is called giving the [newly-wedded] couple their ‘spurrings’, or ‘sporrings’.
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spurringn.3
A railway side-track.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > forming part of a system > types of
branch line1825
sideline1831
stem1832
light rail1836
suburban1839
branch railway1840
main line1841
spurring1842
local line1843
trunk line1843
extension1852
feeder1855
main trunk1858
loop-line1859
loop1863
spur1878
main1886
spur line1924
1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 85/2 The sub-contractor..had to..lay down the temporary road, including turn-outs, shunts, crossings, boxes, spurrings, &c.
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spurringadj.
/ˈspəːrɪŋ/ 1. That spurs or pricks with a spur. Also figurative and transferred.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective] > relating to (use of) spur > that spurs or pricks with a spur
spurring1599
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > causing to move swiftly
speeding1757
spurringa1821
go-fast1953
go-faster1969
1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon vi. sig. C7 A resolute Asse, oh for a spurring Rider.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia in Poems (1878) III. To Rdr. 131 Hee without Cloake Is a Witt in Hutts, a pretty spurringe Cocke.
a1821 J. Keats Otho i. iii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 130 That unknown Mussulman After whose spurring heels he sent me forth.
1868 Ld. Lytton Orval in New Poems II. 348 The spurring hour Posts to the bourne.
1881 J. F. T. Keane Journey Medinah i. 15 The halters of such camels..are fitted with an ingenious spurring-curb.
2. That impels, incites, or urges.
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the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating
stirring1421
movingc1443
provokingc1443
incitative1490
urgent1559
propulsory1585
pricking1592
pulsive1602
incentive1603
incitatory1610
urging1612
animalizing1617
impellent1620
irritant1636
instigative1644
propulsive1648
promptive1653
parastatic1656
exstimulatory1657
impulsory1659
appelling1666
irritative1686
instigating1702
spurring1702
stimulatinga1732
stimulatory1758
impulsive1788
stimulant1803
stimulative1836
exertivea1856
inciting1855
incitant1886
incitive1888
on-driving1927
incitory1941
1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xxi. vii. 315 Since by The spurring fervor of its natural Bent Above the third [stage] it aims.
1852 B. Disraeli Ld. G. Bentinck 87 So keen was the feeling of the protectionists, and so spurring the point of honour.
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