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.--Webster.
·noun Ergotized rye or other grain. II. Spur ·noun A <<Tern>>. III. Spur ·noun Something that proj...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A projecting portion of a cliff. In fortification, spurs are walls that cross a part of the rampart ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling th...
·noun Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. Th...
·adj Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. ...
a bridle-way through any ground, a passage for a horse by right of custom. S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
See spur ...