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1.nounA rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
2.nounA jab given with the spurs.
3.nounAnything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
4.nounAn appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
5.nounAny protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
6.nounRoots, tree roots.
7.nounA mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
8.nounA 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.
9.nounA brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
10.nounThe short wooden buttress of a post.
11.nounA 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.
12.nounErgotized rye or other grain.
13.nounA wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
14.nounA piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
15.nounA curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
16.nounA branch of a vein.
17.nounA very short branch line of a railway line.
18.nounA short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
19.verbTo prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
20.verbTo urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
21.verbTo put spurs on."to spur boots"
22.verbTo press forward; to travel in great haste.