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Universal
1a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider’s heel and used for urging a horse forward. a horny spike on the back of the leg of a cock or male game bird, used in fighting. a steel point fastened to the leg of a gamecock. Medicine a short pointed growth or process on a part of the body.
2a thing that prompts or encourages someone; an incentive:wars act as a spur to practical invention
3a thing that projects or branches off from a main body, in particular: a projection from a mountain or mountain range: it’s an easy walk up the spur that leads to the summit a short branch road or railway line. Botany a slender tubular projection from the base of a flower, e.g. a honeysuckle or orchid, typically containing nectar. a short fruit-bearing side shoot.
4a small, single-pointed support for ceramic ware in a kiln.
1urge (a horse) forward by digging one’s spurs into its sides:she spurred her horse towards the hedge give an incentive or encouragement to (someone):her sons' passion for computer games spurred her on to set up a software shop promote the development of; stimulate:governments cut interest rates to spur demand
2prune in (a side shoot of a plant) so as to form a spur close to the stem:spur back the lateral shoots