spur /spûr/

1. A goading instrument on a horse rider's heel
2. Incitement, stimulus
3. A hard sharp projection
4. A clawlike projection at the back of a cock's or other bird's leg
5. An artificial substitute for this on a gamecock
6. A short, usu flowering or fruit-bearing, branch
7. A great lateral root
8. Ergot
9. A tubular pouch at the base of a petal
10. An expansion of a leaf base
11. Anything that projects in the shape of a spur, eg an extension from an electrical circuit
12. A lateral branch, as of a hill range
13. A siding or branch line of a railway
14. A strut
15. A structure to deflect the current from a bank

1. To apply the spur to
2. To urge on
3. To provide with a spur or spurs
4. To prune into spurs

1. To press forward with the spur
2. To hasten
3. To kick out

spurˈless adjective

spurred adjective

1. Having or wearing spurs or a spur
2. In the form of a spur
3. Urged
4. (eg of rye) affected with ergot

spurrˈer noun

spurrˈier noun

A maker of spurs

spurrˈing noun and adjective

spurrˈy adjective

Like, of the nature of, or having a spur

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