spur

Etymology 1
From, , from , , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A 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) A jab given with the spurs.
 * 3)  Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
 * 4) An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
 * 5) Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
 * 6) Roots, tree roots.
 * 7)  A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
 * 8) 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.
 * 9)  A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
 * 10)  The short wooden buttress of a post.
 * 11)  A 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) Ergotized rye or other grain.
 * 13) A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
 * 14)  A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
 * 15)  A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
 * 16)  A branch of a vein.
 * 17)  A very short branch line of a railway line.
 * 18)  A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
 * 19)  A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
 * 1) A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
 * 2)  A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
 * 3)  A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
 * 4)  A branch of a vein.
 * 5)  A very short branch line of a railway line.
 * 6)  A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
 * 7)  A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: مِهْمَاز
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: আল
 * Azerbaijani: mahmız
 * Belarusian: шпо́ра, астро́га
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: spore
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sprono
 * Estonian: kannus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: espora
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κέντρον
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: महमेज़
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: spori
 * Ingrian: kannus
 * Irish: spor, brod
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: өкшелік
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: шпора
 * Latin: calcar
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: мамуза
 * Malay: pacu
 * Maori: kipa
 * Middle English: spore
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: spore
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: spora
 * Ottoman Turkish: مهموز
 * Pashto: مهميز
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мамуза, оструга
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: ostroha
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tari, espuwelas
 * Tajik: маҳмез
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: རྟིང་ལྕགས
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: остро́га, шпо́ра
 * Urdu: مہمیز
 * Uzbek: shpora, mahmez
 * Vietnamese: đinh thúc ngựa
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: sbardun, ysbardun


 * Bulgarian: пришпорване
 * Finnish:
 * Spanish: espolazo, espolada


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Danish: spore
 * Esperanto: sprono
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κέντρον
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: calcar
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: spore
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ;
 * Swedish:


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: spore
 * Esperanto: sprono
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: esporón, espora
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κέντρον
 * Ingrian: kannus
 * Italian:
 * Latin: calcar
 * Malay:
 * Middle English: spore
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tahid
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:, , , , , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Finnish:, juuristo
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 山嘴
 * Finnish: haarake
 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Maori: taumutu, taukaka, karahiwi, tuakahiwi , mātātāu
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Spanish:


 * German: Eckblatt


 * Finnish: torajyvävilja


 * Bulgarian:


 * Finnish: sivuraide


 * Georgian:
 * Mongolian:

Verb

 * 1)  To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
 * 2)  To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
 * 3)  To put spurs on.
 * 4)  To press forward; to travel in great haste.
 * 5) To form a spur
 * 1)  To put spurs on.
 * 2)  To press forward; to travel in great haste.
 * 3) To form a spur
 * 1)  To press forward; to travel in great haste.
 * 2) To form a spur
 * 1) To form a spur

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, (cè (mǎ) qiánjìn)
 * Esperanto: sproni
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: die Sporen geben
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 拍車をかける
 * Latin: calcarō
 * Maori: kipa
 * Middle English: sporen
 * Ottoman Turkish: مهموزلمق, اوزنگیلمك
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, espolonear,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , , , ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, , ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, , instigare, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 박차를 가하다
 * Latin: incitō
 * Middle English: sporen
 * Ottoman Turkish: دورتمك, كوروكلمك
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, , , , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tocharian B: wārw-
 * Welsh: sbarduno


 * Finnish: varustaa kannuksilla
 * German: mit Sporen versehen
 * Italian: montare gli speroni
 * Middle English: don on spores, sporen
 * Spanish: poner (las) espuelas

Etymology 2
See.

Noun

 * 1) A tern.

Etymology 3
Short for.

Noun

 * 1)  A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.

Noun

 * 1) The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1) * 1638, Thomas Heywood, "The Rape of Lucrece. A true Roman Tragedy", in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood, Vol. V, John Pearson, 1874, pages 230 & 231.
 * "en"
 * 1) * 1638, Thomas Heywood, "The Rape of Lucrece. A true Roman Tragedy", in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood, Vol. V, John Pearson, 1874, pages 230 & 231.
 * "en"
 * "en"

- Clo[wne]. Fie upon't, never was poore Pompey ſo overlabour'd as I have beene, I thinke I have ſpurd my horſe ſuch a queſtion, that he is ſcarce able to wig or wag his tayle for an anſwere, but my Lady bad me ſpare for no horſe fleſh, and I thinke I have made him runne his race.


 * 1) * The Pall Mall Magazine, Vol. 33, 1904, page 435.
 * "en"

- They hadde spurred questions all the morning, his Majestie being so grossly overtaken with two whole nights' feasting, (which meant a surfeit of sausage laid upon a stomach not over strong), that between sick and sullen he bore a dull edge to the business.

Noun

 * 1) sparrow