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1. Spur
   HMS Spur was a British Sealion Class submarine of 715 tons displacement launched during the early 1940's. HMS Spur was armed with one 3-inch gun; one 20 mm anti-aircraft gun; three machine-guns; six 21-inch torpedo tubes in the bow and one external 21 inch torpedo tube. She had a top speed of 14.5 k...
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2. Spur
   In architecture a spur is a short wooden buttress of a post. The term also describes 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.
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3. Spur
   on grapevines, canes pruned to 1 to 4 nodes.
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4. Spur
   In insects, an articulated spine, often on a leg segment, usually the tibia. A serrulate tibial spur is characteristic of the Delphacidae.
   A short twig on which much of the fruit of many trees is produced.
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5. spur
   img src='http://www.jgoffin.freeserve.co.uk/abf/glossary/asc_spur.gif'>
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6. spur
   [n] - any pointed projection 2. [n] - tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers 3. [n] - a sharp prod fixed to a rider`s heel and used to urge a horse onward 4. [v] - incite or stimulate 5. [v] - give heart or courage to 6. [v] - strike with a spur 7. [v...
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7. Spur
   1. A tubular or pouch-like projection from the rear of a flower, generally containing nectar. British native plants with long spurs are generally pollinated by butterflies and/or moths. Only these insects have sufficiently long mouthparts to reach the nectar at the base of the spur. 2. Some trees an...
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8. Spur
   A short lateral branch of a tree which bears flower buds
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9. Spur
   A slender, hollow projection from a petal or sepal.
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10. Spur
    A projecting portion of bone.
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11. spur
    a stiff sharp spine on the wings or legs of a bird(e.g.a cock) Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a projecting portion of bone Category: Medicine • a branch of a main extraction line,particularly a forest railroad or log tramway Categ...
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12. Spur
    Branch cable that extends an existing electrical circuit.
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13. Spur
    Spur noun [ See Sparrow .] (Zoology) (a) A sparrow. [ Scot.] (b) A tern. [ Prov. Eng.]
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14. Spur
    Spur noun [ Middle English spure , Anglo-Saxon spura , spora ; akin to Dutch spoor , German sporn , Old High German sporo , Icelandic spori , Danish spore , Swedish sporre , and to Anglo...
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15. Spur
    Spur transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Spurred ; present participle & verbal noun Spurring .] 1. To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as...
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16. Spur
    Spur intransitive verb To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit. 'Now spurs the lated traveler.' Shak. « The Parthians shall be there, And, spurring from the fig...
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17. Spur
    Spur noun 1. (Mining) A branch of a vein. 2. The track of an animal, as an otter; a spoor.
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18. spur
    <botany> A tubular pouch at the base of a perianth part, often containing nectar. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...
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19. spur
    gad noun a sharp prod fixed to a rider`s heel and used to urge a horse onward; `cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on`
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20. spur
    spine noun any sharply pointed projection
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21. spur
    noun tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
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22. spur
    (spur) a spiked object or goad. a projecting body, as from a bone. Called also calcar. calcaneal spur a projecting body on the lower surface of the calcaneus which frequently causes pain on walking. scleral spur the posterior lip of the venous...
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23. Spur
    • (n.) The track of an animal, as an otter; a spoor. • (n.) A branch of a vein. • (n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall. • (n.) A sparrow. • (n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree. • (n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wi...
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24. spur
    (from the article `horsemanship`) Early, stumpy prickspurs have been found in Bohemia on 4th-century- Celtic sites.
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25. spur
    (from the article `angiosperm`) ...fragrances to attract pollinators; the fragrance of a rose (Rosa; Rosales) is derived from the petals. Petals often develop a nectar-containing ...
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