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- Spur - n. - A sparrow.
- Spur - n. - A tern.
- Spur - n. - 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.
- Spur - n. - That which goads to action; an incitement.
- Spur - n. - Something that projects; a snag.
- Spur - n. - One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
- Spur - n. - Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
- Spur - n. - 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.
- Spur - n. - 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.
- Spur - n. - A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- Spur - n. - The short wooden buttress of a post.
- Spur - n. - 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.
- Spur - n. - Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
- Spur - n. - Ergotized rye or other grain.
- Spur - n. - A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
- Spur - n. - A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
- Spur - n. - A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
- Spur - v. t. - To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
- Spur - v. t. - 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.
- Spur - v. t. - To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
- Spur - v. i. - To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
- Spur-royal - n. - A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings.
- Spur-shell - n. - Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.
- Spur-winged - a. - Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
- Spurgall - n. - A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.
- Calcar - n. - A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
- Extempore - adv. - Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore.
- Offset - n. - A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- Extemporaneous - a. - Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production.
- Nectary - n. - That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.
- Gaffle - n. - An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks.
- Incite - v. t. - To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
- Gear - n. - A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
- Improvise - v. t. - To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
- Spur - v. t. - To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
- Spurred - a. - Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
- Counterfort - n. - A spur or projection of a mountain.
- Spur - v. i. - To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
- Gablock - n. - A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.
- Prick - v. i. - To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
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- G1609 ἐκπτύω - 1609 ἐκπτύω - ἘΚΠΤΎΩ - - ekptýō - ek-ptoo'-o - from ἐκ and πτύω; to spit out, i.e. (figuratively) spurn:--reject. - Verb - greek
- G3729 ὁρμάω - 3729 ὁρμάω - ὉΡΜΆΩ - - hormáō - hor-mah'-o - from ὁρμή; to start, spur or urge on, i.e. (reflexively) to dash or plunge:--run (violently), rush. - Verb - greek
- H3988 מָאַס - 3988 מָאַס - מָאַס - - mâʼaç - maw-as' - a primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear; abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person. - - heb
- G3541 νόθος - 3541 νόθος - ΝΌΘΟΣ - - nóthos - noth'-os - of uncertain affinity; a spurious or illegitimate son:--bastard. - Adjective - greek
- G3951 παροτρύνω - 3951 παροτρύνω - ΠΑΡΟΤΡΎΝΩ - - parotrýnō - par-ot-roo'-no - from παρά and (to spur); to urge along, i.e. stimulate (to hostility):--stir up. - Verb - greek
- G5569 ψευδάδελφος - 5569 ψευδάδελφος - ΨΕΥΔΆΔΕΛΦΟΣ - - pseudádelphos - psyoo-dad'-el-fos - from ψευδής and ἀδελφός; a spurious brother, i.e. pretended associate:--false brethren. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G5570 ψευδαπόστολος - 5570 ψευδαπόστολος - ΨΕΥΔΑΠΌΣΤΟΛΟΣ - - pseudapóstolos - psyoo-dap-os'-tol-os - from ψευδής and ἀπόστολος; a spurious apostle, i.e. pretended pracher:--false teacher. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G5580 ψευδόχριστος - 5580 ψευδόχριστος - ΨΕΥΔΌΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ - - pseudóchristos - psyoo-dokh'-ris-tos - a spurious Messiah:--false Christ, Anti-Christ. from (5571) and (5547) - pseudochristos - psyoo-dokh'-ris-tos - Noun Masculine - from «5571» and «5547»; a spurious Messiah:--false Christ. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G5572 ψευδοδιδάσκαλος - 5572 ψευδοδιδάσκαλος - ΨΕΥΔΟΔΙΔΆΣΚΑΛΟΣ - - pseudodidáskalos - psyoo-dod-id-as'-kal-os - from ψευδής and διδάσκαλος; a spurious teacher, i.e. propagator of erroneous Christian doctrine:--false teacher. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G5575 ψευδομάρτυρ - 5575 ψευδομάρτυρ - ΨΕΥΔΟΜΆΡΤΥΡ - - pseudomártyr - psyoo-dom-ar'-toor - from ψευδής and a kindred form of μάρτυς; a spurious witness, i.e. bearer of untrue testimony:--false witness. - - greek
- G5578 ψευδοπροφήτης - 5578 ψευδοπροφήτης - ΨΕΥΔΟΠΡΟΦΉΤΗΣ - - pseudoprophḗtēs - psyoo-dop-rof-ay'-tace - from ψευδής and προφήτης; a spurious prophet, i.e. pretended foreteller or religious impostor:--false prophet. - Noun Masculine - greek
- H7926 שְׁכֶם - 7926 שְׁכֶם - שְׁכֶם - - shᵉkem - shek-em' - from שָׁכַם; the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill; back, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder. - Noun Masculine - heb