·noun Ergotized rye or other grain.
II. Spur ·noun A Tern.
III. Spur ·noun Something that projects; a snag.
IV. Spur ·noun A Sparrow.
V. Spur ·add. ·noun A branch of a vein.
VI. Spur ·noun The short wooden buttress of a post.
VII. Spur ·vt To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
VIII. Spur ·noun One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
IX. Spur ·noun Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
X. Spur ·add. ·noun The track of an animal, as an otter; a spoor.
XI. Spur ·noun That which goads to action; an Incitement.
XII. Spur ·noun A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
XIII. Spur ·noun A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
XIV. Spur ·vt To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
XV. Spur ·noun A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
XVI. Spur ·noun A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
XVII. Spur ·vi To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to Hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
XVIII. Spur ·noun 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.
XIX. Spur ·noun 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.
XX. Spur ·noun 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.
XXI. Spur ·noun 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.
XXII. Spur ·noun 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.
XXIII. Spur ·vt 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.