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spurred

  [spurd] ,
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–adjective
1. having a spur or spurs.
2. bearing spurs or spurlike spines.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see spur 1 , -ed 3

spur

1  [spur] ,noun, verb, spurred, spur⋅ring.
–noun
1. a U-shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
2. anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement.
3. climbing iron.
4. Ornithology. a stiff, usually sharp, horny process on the leg of various birds, esp. the domestic rooster, or on the bend of the wing, as in jacanas and screamers.
5. Pathology. a bony projection or exostosis.
6. a sharp piercing or cutting instrument fastened to the leg of a gamecock in cockfighting; gaff.
7. Physical Geography. a ridge or line of elevation projecting from or subordinate to the main body of a mountain or mountain range.
8. something that projects and resembles or suggests a gaff; sharp projection.
9. a short or stunted branch or shoot, as of a tree.
10. Typography. a short, seriflike projection from the bottom of the short vertical stroke in the capital G in some fonts.
11. wing dam.
12. Botany.
a. a slender, usually hollow, projection from some part of a flower, as from the calyx of the larkspur or the corolla of the violet.
b. Also called spur shoot. a short shoot bearing flowers, as in fruit trees.
13. Architecture.
a. a short wooden brace, usually temporary, for strengthening a post or some other part.
b. any offset from a wall, as a buttress.
c. griffe 2 .
14. Ceramics. a triangular support of refractory clay for an object being fired.
15. Railroads. spur track.
–verb (used with object)
16. to prick with or as if with a spur or spurs; incite or urge on: The rider spurred his mount ruthlessly. Appreciation spurs ambition.
17. to strike or wound with the spur, as a gamecock.
18. to furnish with spurs or a spur.
–verb (used without object)
19. to goad or urge one's horse with spurs or a spur; ride quickly.
20. to proceed hurriedly; press forward: We spurred onward through the night.
—Idioms
21. on the spur of the moment, without deliberation; impulsively; suddenly: We headed for the beach on the spur of the moment.
22. win one's spurs, to achieve distinction or success for the first time; prove one's ability or worth: Our team hasn't won its spurs yet.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME spure, OE spura; c. OHG sporo, ON spori spur; akin to spurn; (v.) ME spuren, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
spurless, adjective
spurlike, adjective
spurrer, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. goad. 2. incitement, stimulus, incentive, inducement, provocation, instigation. 16. goad, provoke, stimulate, impel, inspire, induce, instigate.

Antonyms:
16. discourage.
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spur   (spûr)   
n.  
  1. A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward.
  2. Something that serves as a goad or incentive.
  3. A spurlike attachment or projection, as:
    1. A spinelike process on the leg of some birds.
    2. A climbing iron; a crampon.
    3. A gaff attached to the leg of a gamecock.
    4. A short or stunted branch of a tree.
    5. A bony outgrowth or protuberance.
  4. A lateral ridge projecting from a mountain or mountain range.
  5. An oblique reinforcing prop or stay of timber or masonry.
  6. Botany A tubular or saclike extension of the corolla or calyx of a flower, as in a columbine or larkspur.
  7. An ergot growing on rye.
  8. A spur track.
v.   spurred, spur·ring, spurs

v.   tr.
  1. To urge (a horse) on by the use of spurs.
  2. To incite or stimulate: "A business tax cut is needed to spur industrial investment" (New York Times).
v.   intr.
  1. To ride quickly by spurring a horse.
  2. To proceed in haste.

[Middle English spure, from Old English spura; see sperə- in Indo-European roots.]
spurred   (spûrd)   
adj.  
  1. Wearing spurs: Spurred riders sat astride sleek mares.
  2. Having spurs or a spur: spurred flowers; spurred boots.
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Spurred

Spurred\, a. 1. Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.

2. Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.

Spurred corolla (Bot.), a corolla in which there are one or more petals with a spur.
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