spur royal, spurrial, spurryal

A gold coin first made in the reign of Edward IV. In the IMG:content-0125.png:[blocks in formation] spur-wheels, s. pl. Mach.: The ordinary form of cog-wheels. The cogs are radial and peripheral, and are adapted to engage counterpart cogs on another wheel. The pitch-lines of the driving and the driven wheel are in one plane. spur-wing, 8. Ornith.: A popular name for any bird having a horny spur or spurs on the shoulders of the wings. [PALAMEDEIDE.] spur-winged-goose, s. Ornith.: Plectropterus gambensis , from northern and western Africa. It is about the size of the common goose; upper parts of body glo y black, with metallic reflections; under parts white; bend of wing with a large blunt spur, which is sometimes double.