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Spur
·noun Ergotized rye or other grain. II. Spur ·noun A <<Tern>>. III. Spur ·noun Something that proj...

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spur
A mountain that shoots from any other mountain or range of mountains, and extends to some distance i...

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spur
A projecting portion of a cliff. In fortification, spurs are walls that cross a part of the rampart ...

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dog-shores
Two long square blocks of timber, resting diagonally with their heads to the cleats. They are placed...

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mud-shores
Are not unfrequent on an open coast. The most remarkable instance, perhaps, is that of the Guiana; t...

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skegg-shores
Stout pieces of plank put up endways under the skegg of the ship, to steady the after-part when in t...

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Spur-royal
·noun A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling th...

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Spur-shell
·noun Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. Th...

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Spur-winged
·adj Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. ...

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spur-way
a bridle-way through any ground, a passage for a horse by right of custom. S. ...

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