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We have spotted SPUR (4 Letters) a total of 48 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with SPUR and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
• | A sparrow. |
• | A tern. |
• | An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood. |
• | That which goads to action; an incitement. |
• | Something that projects; a snag. |
• | One of the large or principal roots of a tree. |
• | Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg. |
• | A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles. |
• | 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. |
• | A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut. |
• | The short wooden buttress of a post. |
• | 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. |
• | Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur. |
• | Ergotized rye or other grain. |
• | A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall. |
• | A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side. |
• | A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed. |
• | To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse. |
• | To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive. |
• | To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot. |
• | To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
- San Antonio hooper
- Encourage
- San Antonio NBA player
- Goad on
- Goad into action
- Barrel racers accessory
- Spiky boot attachment
- Urge (on)
- ___ of the moment
- Boot accessory
- Goad
- Prod
- Metal piece on a cowboy boot
- Cowboy boot attachment
- Incite
- Cowpokes poker
- Spike on a cowboy boot
- Egg (on)
- Incentive
- ___-of-the-moment
- Egg on
Usage among publishers:
- USA Today: Oct 21, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Oct 5, 2024
- USA Today: Sep 14, 2024
- Thomas Joseph: Aug 22, 2024
- Newsday: Jun 25, 2024
- LA Times: Apr 23, 2024
- USA Today: Apr 22, 2024
- Newsday: Nov 14, 2023
- USA Today: Nov 9, 2023
- Universal: Oct 28, 2023
- USA Today: Oct 11, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Sep 19, 2023
- Newsday: Aug 21, 2023
- USA Today: Jul 29, 2023
- Eugene Sheffer: May 12, 2023
- LA Times: Mar 12, 2023
- Universal: Mar 2, 2023
- LA Times: Feb 22, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Feb 4, 2023
- USA Today: Jan 20, 2023
- Newsday: Jan 10, 2023