Spur

A spur uisually refers tae:

• spur (bird), a speshies o bird, Passer domesticus.
• spur (tuil), a tuil eften uised on horse.

In fauna

• Spur (horse), an American thoroughbred racehorse
• Spur (zoology), an ootgrowthe o bane kivert in a sheath o horn
• Bane spurs, skeletal disorder formin smaw banie ootgrowthe alang jynt mairgins
  • Heel spur, a thin spike o calcification in the human fit
  • A condeetion sic as plantar fasciitis, in that "spurs" develop on certaint pairts o a bane

In flora

• Spur (botany), an elangatit appendage o certain sepals
• Spur (vine), ane-year-auld wid o a grapevine that is pruned back tae leave juist ane or twa buds tae be uised for next year's crap o grapes

In geografie

• Spur (topografie), a moontain ridge projectin laterally frae a main moontain or moontain range
• Spur, Texas, Unitit States
• Spur line, a short railwey brainchin frae a main line
• Spur route, a short road brainchin frae langer, mair important route
• Spur trail, a shorter trail that brainches frae a langer route

In organisations

• San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, a non-profit resairch, eddication, an advocacy organisation
• Gruppe SPUR, a German airtistic collaboration, an thair jurnal o the same name
• Spur Steak Ranches, a cheen o steakhooses in Sooth Africae
• Spur gas, North American gas stations operated bi Murphy Oil

In sports

• Tottenham Hotspur F.C., an association fitbaw team based in North Lunnon, Ingland
• The San Antonio Spurs, a National Basketball Association team based in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
• The Chancellor's Spurs, a traivelin trophy awairdit tae the winner o the college fitbaw gemme atween Texas Tech Varsity an the Varsity o Texas at Austin
• The Witbank Spurs, an association fitbaw club frae Sooth Africae
• SPURS National Honor Society, a collegiate sophomore honour-service society in the Unitit States

In other

• Spur (airchitectur), the ornament carved on the angles o the bases of early columns
• Spur (teepografie), a smaw continuation o part o a prentit letter, especially an uppercase G
• Spur, or a spurious tone, a tone in an electronic circuit that interferes wi a seegnal
• Spur, or trace (linear algebra), sum o the elements on the main diagonal
• Spur Awaird, an annual leeterar prize awairdit bi the Western Writers of America
• Spur gear, the semplest an probably maist common teep o gear
• Spurs (short story), a short story bi Tod Robbins that served as the basis o the film Freaks

See an aw

• Aw pages beginnin wi "spur"
• Aw pages wi teetles conteenin "spur"
• Spurr (disambiguation)
• Spurt (disambiguation)