Spur (disambiguation)
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A spur is a metal instrument fastened to the heel of a horseman.
Spur may also refer to:
- Spur, a sharp horny growth on the leg of some animals, especially roosters, male pheasants and other male birds of the Galliformes
- Spur, a sharp poisoned growth on the hind legs of male platypuses
- Spur, a small continuation of part of a printed letter, especially an uppercase G
- Spur (architecture), the ornament carved on the angles of the bases of early columns
- Spur (biology), in botany, an elongated appendage of certain sepals
- Spur (mountain), a mountain ridge projecting laterally from a main mountain or mountain range
- Spur Steak Ranches, a chain of steakhouses in South Africa
- Spur, alternative name for Trace (linear algebra)
- Spur gear, the simplest and probably most common type of gear
- Spur Award, an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America
- Heel spur, a thin spike of calcification in the human foot
- Spur line, a short railway (railroad) branching from a main line
- Spur route, a short road branching from longer, more important route
- Spur, Texas, a United States city
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