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unˈspurred, (ppl.) a.
[un-1 8, 9.]
1. Not urged on by a spur. Also fig.
a1635Corbet Iter Bor. Poems (1647) 12 His Mare went truer then his Chronicle; And..unspurr'd, unbeaten, Brought us sixe miles. 1865Meredith R. Fleming xviii, The replenished glass enabled Stephen to add the picturesque bits of the affray, unspurred by a surrounding eagerness of his listeners. 1886Pall Mall G. 31 July 2/2 Not altogether unspurred by hints from home.
2. Not furnished with a spur.
1852C. W. Hoskyns Talpa xvi. 133 Grazing Mr. Greening's unspurred foot with the point of the leader's stretcher. |