Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - spur
Spur
spur
n. & v. --n. 1 a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel worn on a rider's heel for urging a horse forward. 2 a stimulus or incentive. 3 a spur-shaped thing, esp.: a a projection from a mountain or mountain range. b a branch road or railway. c a hard projection on a cock's leg. d a steel point fastened to the leg of a gamecock. e a climbing-iron. f a small support for ceramic ware in a kiln. 4 Bot. a a slender hollow projection from part of a flower. b a short fruit-bearing shoot. --v. (spurred, spurring) 1 tr. prick (a horse) with spurs. 2 tr. a (often foll. by on) incite (a person) (spurred him on to greater efforts; spurred her to try again). b stimulate (interest etc.). 3 intr. (often foll. by on, forward) ride a horse hard. 4 tr. (esp. as spurred adj.) provide (a person, boots, a gamecock) with spurs. Phrases and idioms on the spur of the moment on a momentary impulse; impromptu. put (or set) spurs to 1 spur (a horse). 2 stimulate (resolution etc.). spur-gear = spur-wheel. spur royal hist. a 15-shilling coin of James I bearing a spurlike sun with rays. spur-wheel a cog-wheel with radial teeth. Derivatives spurless adj. Etymology: OE spora, spura f. Gmc, rel. to SPURN
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I. noun see: ~n Date: before 12th century 1. a pointed device secured to a rider's heel and used to urge on the horse, recognition and reward for achievement , a goad to action ; stimulus, something projecting like or suggesting a ~: as, a projecting root or branch of a tree, shrub, or vine, b. a stiff sharp spine (as on the wings or legs of a bird or insect), a gaff for a gamecock, a hollow projecting appendage of a corolla or calyx (as in lark~ or columbine), a bony outgrowth (as on the heel of the foot), climbing iron, 4. an angular projection, offshoot, or branch extending out beyond or away from a main body or formation, a railroad track that branches off from a main line, a reinforcing buttress of masonry in a fortification, see: motive II. verb (~red; ~ring) Date: 13th century transitive verb to urge (a horse) on with ~s, to incite to action or accelerated growth or development ; stimulate, to put ~s on, intransitive verb to ~ one's horse on ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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