n
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
adj
Alternative form of bespurred [Wearing or having spurs.]
adj
Wearing or having spurs.
n
One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
n
Alternative form of brow ridge [a bony projection in humans and other primates located above eye sockets delimiting the bottom of the forehead]
n
A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
n
One of a horse's first set of teeth.
n
(agriculture) A tag attached to the ear of an animal (usually a farm animal) to identify ownership.
n
A foothill that shoots from a mountain or range in a perpendicular direction.
n
Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans.
n
(often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
n
(uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
n
Alternative form of headjoint [(music) The joint of a flute containing the mouthpiece]
n
A kind of electrical transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance.
n
(archaic) somebody who is rash, impetuous or impulsive
adj
Having a knoll (hill) or knolls.
n
(US) A wooden frame covered with netting designed to keep out mosquitoes.
adv
(rare) In the manner or configuration of a net
n
A hook on a pole to pull down boughs for gathering nuts.
n
The head of a pike (the weapon)
n
One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
n
A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the oesophagus, etc.
v
To prod (a mount) with spurs.
n
Alternative form of rampike [(dated, regional) A standing dead tree.]
adj
Full of rods or twigs.
n
Abbreviation of spur. (in highway designations and signage) [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.]
v
To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
n
(zoology) An adolescent male deer.
n
(architecture) A small or slender spire.
n
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.
v
To spur or urge (someone) to do something.
adj
Of a bird: having a long straight hind claw.
n
A place galled or excoriated by use of the spur.
n
Alternative form of spirket [A space forward and aft between floor-timbers.]
n
A manufacturer of spurs.
n
(basketball) San Antonio Spurs
n
A circular cage for a squirrel or other small animal, which rotates vertically as the animal runs at the bottom.
n
Alternative form of trammeler [One who uses a trammel net.]
n
A band of contrasting color or of feathers with a distinct appearance that crosses a bird's wing.
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