[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a U-shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a riding boot and has a blunt or pointed metal part projecting from the back: used by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward by pressing the projection against the horse’s flank.", "anything that urges or drives someone to act, hurry, etc.:A passion to win the championship was the spur that galvanized him to train like never before.Synonyms: instigation , provocation , inducement , incentive , stimulus , incitement , goad", "Also calledclimbing spur. climbing iron(def) climbing iron(def).", "Ornithology.a stiff, usually sharp, horny process on the leg of various birds, especially the domestic rooster, or on the bend of the wing, as in jacanas and screamers.", "Pathology. bone spur(def) bone spur(def).", "a sharp piercing or cutting instrument fastened to the leg of a gamecock in cockfighting; gaff .anything resembling this instrument; a sharp projection or attachment.", "a sharp piercing or cutting instrument fastened to the leg of a gamecock in cockfighting; gaff .", "anything resembling this instrument; a sharp projection or attachment.", "Physical Geography.a ridge or line of elevation projecting from or subordinate to the main body of a mountain or mountain range.", "a short or stunted branch or shoot, as of a tree.", "Typography.a short, seriflike projection from the bottom of the short vertical stroke in the capital G in some fonts.", "wing dam(def) wing dam(def).", "Botany.a slender, usually hollow, projection from some part of a flower, as from the calyx of the larkspur or the corolla of the violet.Also calledspur shoot.a short shoot bearing flowers, as in fruit trees.", "a slender, usually hollow, projection from some part of a flower, as from the calyx of the larkspur or the corolla of the violet.", "Also calledspur shoot.a short shoot bearing flowers, as in fruit trees.", "Architecture.a short wooden brace, usually temporary, for strengthening a post or some other part.any offset from a wall, as a buttress. griffe2 .", "a short wooden brace, usually temporary, for strengthening a post or some other part.", "any offset from a wall, as a buttress.", "griffe2 .", "Ceramics.a triangular support of refractory clay for an object being fired.", "Railroads. spur track(def) spur track(def)."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to prick or urge with or as if with a spur or spurs; incite or drive (often used withon):The rider spurred his mount into a wild gallop.Their encouragement spurred her on to achieve even more.Synonyms: instigate , induce , inspire , impel , stimulate , provoke , goad Antonyms: discourage", "(of a gamecock) to strike or wound with a spur.", "to furnish with spurs or a spur."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to goad or urge one's horse on with spurs or a spur; ride quickly:Horsemen spurred along every road to carry the news over the country.", "to proceed hurriedly; press forward:We spurred onward through the night."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets."]}]