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spur
1. a pointed device or sharp spiked wheel fixed to the heel of a rider's boot to enable him to urge his horse on
2. a sharp horny projection from the leg just above the claws in male birds, such as the domestic cock
3. a pointed process in any of various animals; calcar
4. a tubular extension at the base of the corolla in flowers such as larkspur
5. a short or stunted branch of a tree
6. a ridge projecting laterally from a mountain or mountain range
7. another name for groyne
8. a railway branch line or siding
9. a short side road leading off a main road
10. a sharp cutting instrument attached to the leg of a gamecock
11. win one's spurs History to earn knighthood

SPUR - An early system on the IBM 650.

[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].


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