Spud

spud, n. A sharp, narrow spade, with a long hanand dle, thick used for thing. digging up large-rooted weeds; any short Spume, spurn, n. Frothy matter raised on liquors or fluid substances by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum. — v. i. [spumed (sptimd), spuming.] To froth, foam. — Spum'ous, -us, -y, -I, coiled or a. Consisting of froth or scum; foamy. — Spumes''volute cent, -mes's ent, a. Resembling froth or foam. spring; Spun. See Spin.; /, Spunge. See Sponge. spring; Spunk, spunk, n. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; tinder made from a species of fungus; punk i coil, a amadou; an inflammable temper; spirit; pluck. — for va- Spunk'y, -I, a. [-iee; -iest.] Full of spunk; spirited. fare; end, eve, term; In, Ice; Sdd, tone, or; 407 SPtTN Spun. See Spin. Spar, sper, n. An instrument having a little wheel, with sharp points, worn on a horseman's heels, to prick a horse in order to hasten his pace; incitement; instigation; something that projects; a snag; the largest or principal root of a tree; the hard, pointed projection on a cock's leg. (Geog.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction. (Carp.) A brace; strut. (Bot.) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur; a seed of rye, and some other gra es, affected with a species of fungus; ergot.— v. t. [SPURRED (sperd), SPURRING.] To prick with spurs, incite to a more nasty pace; to urge to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite, instigate, impel, drive. — v.i. To travel with great,»purs. expedition, hasten, pre forward. — Spurred, sperd, p. a. Wearing spurs; having shoots like spurs; aflected with spur or ergot. — Spur'rer, n. One who uses spurs. — Spur'rier, -rY-gr, n. One who makes spurs. — Spur'-gall, v. t. To gall or wound with a spur. — n. A place galled or excoriated by the spur. — -roy'al, n. A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., and having a star on the reverse, resembling the rowel of a spur. — wheel, n. (Much.) An ordinary cog-wheel, in which the teeth project outward from the periphery. Sparge, sperj, n. A plant of several species having an acrid, milky juice. 419