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.
That which goads to action; an
incitement.
Something that projects; a snag.
One of the large or principal roots of a
tree.
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.
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.
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.
A brace strengthening a post
and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
The
short wooden buttress of a post.
Any
projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
A wall that crosses a part
of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching,
having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
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