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spoor

[spoor, spawr, spohr]
–noun
1. a track or trail, esp. that of a wild animal pursued as game.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to track by or follow a spoor.

Origin:
1815–25; < Afrik spoor < D; c. OE, ON spor, G Spur; cf. speer


spoorer, noun
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spoor   (spŏŏr)   
n.  The track or trail of an animal, especially a wild animal.
v.   spoored, spoor·ing, spoors

tr. & intr.v.  To track (an animal) by following its spoor or to engage in such tracking.

[Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch; see sperə- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

spoor 
"track, trace," 1823, from Afrikaans spoor, from M.Du. spor, cognate with O.E. spor "footprint, track, trace" (see spurn).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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