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spur
A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse or other animal to move forward or laterally while riding. It is usually used to refine the riding aids (commands) and to ba ...
is a metal instrument fastened to the heel of a horse rider.
Spur or Spurs may also refer to:
Medicine
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Bone spurs, a skeletal disorder forming small bony outgrowth along joint margins
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Heel spur
A calcaneal spur (also known as a heel spur) is a bony outgrowth from the calcaneal tuberosity (heel bone). Calcaneal spurs are typically detected by Radiography, x-ray examination. It is a form of exostosis.
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, a thin spike of calcification in the human foot
Organizations
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San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, a non-profit research, education, and advocacy organization
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Gruppe SPUR
Gruppe SPUR was an artistic collaboration formed by the Germany, German painters Heimrad Prem, Helmut Sturm, and Hans-Peter Zimmer, and the sculptor Lothar Fischer in 1957. They published a journal of the same name ''Spur''.
''Spur'' was subjec ...
, a German artistic collaboration, and their journal of the same name
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Spur Steak Ranches, a chain of steakhouses in South Africa
* Spur gas, North American gas stations operated by
Murphy Oil
Routes
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Spur line, a short railway (railroad) branching from a main line
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Spur route, a short road branching from longer, more important route
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trail
A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or a small paved road (though it can also be a route along a navigable waterways) generally not intended for usage by motorized vehicles, usually passing through a natural area. Ho ...
which branches from a longer route
Science
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Spur (botany), an elongated appendage of certain sepals
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Spur (geology), a ridge, often one that is subordinate to a larger ridge
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Interlocking spur, one of any number of ridges extending alternately from the opposite sides of the wall of a young, V-shaped valley
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Spur (stem), a short flower- and fruit-bearing stem on some fruit trees
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Spur (zoology)
A spur is an outgrowth of bone covered in a sheath of horn found in various anatomical locations in some animals. Unlike claws or nails, which grow from the tip of the toes, spurs form from other parts of the foot, usually in connection with ...
, an outgrowth of bone covered in a sheath of horn
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Spur (chemistry), a region of high concentration of reaction product
Sports
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Witbank Spurs, a defunct association football club that was based in Witbank, South Africa
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Tottenham Hotspur F.C., a football team based in London, England
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San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...
, a National Basketball Association team based in San Antonio, Texas, US
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Spurs Sports & Entertainment, the company that owns the San Antonio Spurs and other sports-related assets
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Chancellor's Spurs, a traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the college football game between Texas Tech University and the University of Texas at Austin
Other uses
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Spur (architecture), the ornament carved on the angles of the bases of early columns
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Spur (horse)
Spur (1913–1930) was an American thoroughbred racehorse.
Racing career
In 1916, he won eight major races and finished second in the Belmont Stakes. At age four, he equaled the Yonkers Raceway, Empire City track record for a mile and a sixtee ...
, an American thoroughbred racehorse
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Spur (lunar crater)
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"Spurs" (short story), a short story by Tod Robbins that served as the basis of the film ''Freaks''
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Spur (topography), a mountain ridge projecting laterally from a main mountain or mountain range
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Spur (typography), a small continuation of part of a printed letter, especially an uppercase G
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Spur (vine), one-year-old wood of a grapevine that is pruned back to leave just one or two buds to be used for next year's crop of grapes
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Spur, Texas, United States
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Spur Award, an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America
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Spur Gasoline Station, a historic building in Cynthiana, kentucky
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Spur gear, a type of gear
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SPURS National Honor Society, a collegiate sophomore honor-service society in the United States
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Spurious tone or spur, a tone in an electronic circuit which interferes with a signal
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The Spur, a collection of Arts and Crafts bungalows in Clifton, Christchurch, New Zealand
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The Spurs, a Canadian country music group 1999–2000
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Truncated spur
See also
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Spurr (disambiguation)
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Spurt (disambiguation)
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