spur

1. 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.

   Sporn

   шпо́раšpóra

   остро́гаostróha, шпо́раšpóra

   a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward

2. A jab given with the spurs.

3. (figuratively)Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.

   Ansporn

   сти́мулstímul

4. An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.

   шпо́раšpóra

5. Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.

6. Roots, tree roots.

7. A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.

   отро́гotróg

8. 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.

9. A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.

10. The short wooden buttress of a post.

11. 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.

    Eckblatt

12. Ergotized rye or other grain.

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