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SPURR
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English (now chiefly Yorkshire)
English (now chiefly Yorkshire) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of spurs, from Middle English spore, spure ‘spur’.
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English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : metonymic occupational name for a spurrier (a maker of spurs), from Old French esporon, esperun ‘spur’.
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English
English : habitational name from Spirewell in Devon or some other similarly named place.
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English
English : occupational name for a maker of spurs, from an agent derivative of Middle English spore, spure ‘spur’.
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Hindu
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Greek Scandinavian
Goal.
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Arabic, Australian
Brave; Bold
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Biblical Hebrew
Bitter, bitterness.
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Hindu
A priest
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English
English : habitational name from a place in Seacroft, West Yorkshire, most probably named from an Old Norse personal name Killing + Old Norse bekkr ‘stream’.
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American, Australian, Danish, German, Latin
Victorious; Diminutive of Victoria; Victory; Triumphant; Conqueror
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Hebrew
Son of Simon.
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English
English : habitational name from a place in Gloucestershire, which is probably named from Old English ellern ‘elder tree’ + wudu ‘wood’.English : from the Old English personal name Ælfweald, composed of the elements ælf ‘elf’ + weald ‘rule’. In the British Isles this spelling is now found predominantly in northern Ireland.
Girl/Female
French Latin Greek
Untamed.
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n.
A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.
n.
A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceae, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.
a.
Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
n.
Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
n.
See Spurry.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Spur
n.
An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder.
n.
One who spurs.
n.
A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.
superl.
Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.
v. t.
To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
a.
Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred.
n.
Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (T. peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads.
n.
A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis).
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of Spur
a.
Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.
n.
One whose occupation is to make spurs.