Webster's Dictionary 1913

8722

Spuminess

Spum″i‐ness (spūm″ĭ‐nĕs), n. The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence.

8723

Spumous

{ Spum″ous (spūm″ŭs), Spum″y (spūm″y̆), } a. [L. spumosus, fr. spuma foam: cf. F. spumeux.] Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy.The s...

8724

Spun

Spun (spŭn), imp. & p. p. of Spin.Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition. — Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or sho...

8725

Spunge

Spunge (spŭnj), n. A sponge.

8726

Spunk

Spunk (spŭṉk), n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc, tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), spōn a chip. Cf. Sponge, Punk.] [Written also sponk.] 1. Wood that readily ta...

8727

Spunky

Spunk″y (–y̆), a. [Compar.Spunkier (–ĭ‐ẽr); superl.Spunkiest.] Full of spunk; quick; spirited.

8728

Spur

Spur (spûr), n. [See Sparrow.] (Zoöl.) (a) A sparrow. (b) A tern.

8729

Spur (2)

Spur, n. [OE. spure, spore, AS. spura, spora; akin to D. spoor, G. sporn, OHG. sporo, Icel. spori, Dan. spore, Sw. sporre, and to AS. spor a trace, footstep, spyrian to trace, t...

8730

Spur (3)

Spur, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spurred (spûrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Spurring.] 1. To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.2. To urge or en...

8731

Spur (4)

Spur, v. i. To spur on one's horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit. “Now spurs the lated traveler.” Shak.The Parthians shall ...

8732

Spur (5)

Spur, n. 1. (Mining) A branch of a vein.2. The track of an animal, as an otter; a spoor.

8733

Spur-royal

Spur″–roy′al (spûr″roi′al), n. A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of...

8734

Spur-shell

Spur″–shell′ (spûr″shĕl′), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of handsome marine gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin too...

8735

Spur-winged

Spur″–winged′ (–wĭngd′), a.(Zoöl.) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.Spur-winged goose(Zoöl.), any one of several species of long-legged African geese of the gen...

8736

Spurgall

Spur″gall′ (–ga̤l′), n. A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.

8737

Spurgall (2)

Spur″gall′, v. t. To gall or wound with a spur.

8738

Spurge

Spurge (spûrj), v. t. To emit foam; to froth; — said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation. W. Cartright.

8739

Spurge (2)

Spurge, n. [OF. espurge, F. épurge, from OF. espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See Expurgate, Purge.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.Spurge flax, an ever...

8740

Spurgewort

Spurge″wort′ (spûrj″wûrt′), n.(Bot.) Any euphorbiaceous plant. Lindley.

8741

Spurging

Spur″ging (spûr″jĭng), n. [See 2d Spurge.] A purging. B. Jonson.

8742

Spurious

Spu″ri‐ous (spū″rĭ‐ŭs), a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; counterfeit; false; adulterate.2. Not legitimate; bas...

8743

Spurless

Spur″less (spûr″lĕs), a. Having no spurs.

8744

Spurling

Spur″ling (–lĭng), n. [See Sparling.] (Zoöl.) A tern. Tusser.

8745

Spurling-line

Spur″ling–line′ (–līn′), n. [Cf. Prov. E. spurling the rut of a wheel, a cart rut, AS. spor a track, trace, E. spoor, Scot. spurl to sprawl.] (Naut.) The line which forms the co...

8746

Spurn

Spurn (spûrn), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spurned (spûrnd); p. pr. & vb. n.Spurning.] [OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS....

8747

Spurn (2)

Spurn, v. i. 1. To kick or toss up the heels.The miller spurned at a stone. Chaucer.The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. Gay.2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; ...

8748

Spurn (3)

Spurn, n. 1. A kick; a blow with the foot.What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? Milton.2. Disdainful rejecti...