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单词 heel spur
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heel spurn.

Brit. /ˈhiːl spəː/, U.S. /ˈhil ˌspər/
Forms: see heel n.1 and int. and spur n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: heel n.1, spur n.1
Etymology: < heel n.1 + spur n.1
1. The heel of the foot. Obsolete.In quots. in figurative contexts.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] > heel of
heeleOE
heel spureOE
hoc1000
lark-heel1865
rearfoot1935
eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) lv. 6 (7) Inhabitabunt et abscondent, ipsi calcaneum meum obseruabunt : ineardiað & ahydað hie helspuran [lOE Canterbury Psalter sporetengæ uel hælspuran] mine haldað.
a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xlviii. 5 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 180 (MED) Wiknes of mi helespor [L. calcanei] sal vmgiue me ai.
2. A spiked device attached to the heel of a horse rider's boot; = spur n.1 1a.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding > use of hands and legs > using spurs > spur
spurc725
Ripon1631
heel spur1687
prick spur1688
Brummagem1823
goad spur1838
boot-spur1847
tormentor1875
1687 E. Ravenscroft Titus Andronicus Prol. sig. A3v Prepare to gallop down on Smithfield Titts,..Equip'd with the Heel-Spur and Spatter-dash.
1804 Caledonian Mercury 19 July (advt.) Military Buttons, new fancy Heel Spurs.
1855 Daily News 23 Apr. 4/6 These [sc. Napoleon boots]—with hunting-spurs buckled on, and not heel spurs fastened, as at present—would be found an immense improvement.
1911 A. L. Haydon Trooper Police Austral. iii. 40 A peakless round pill-box cap..and high boots with heel spurs, completed the dress.
1942 Billboard 26 Dec. 37/2 He still has the old heel spur that was on General Custer's boot when it was found in the ashes on the battleground.
2014 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 2 June hs 8 A handful of medieval objects—a cross pendant, a heel spur and a stirrup—which are thought to have been discarded by retreating English cavalry.
3. A pointed process or projection on the heel of certain male animals. Also: the hind toe (hallux) of a gamecock (cf. heel n.1 2a(c)). Cf. spur n.1 5a.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > toe or claw
clawa700
toec1386
palma1425
pawc1440
talon1486
spur1548
heel1631
heel spur1871
pinion-claw1884
bird claw1889
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > growth on foot
argotc1400
heel spur1871
1871 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1869–70 11 159 A[meiva] plei..with twelve ventral series of scales, no heel spurs, and one frontal plate.
1890 G. Townsend Friend & Foe from Field & Forest 178 The heel-spurs are long, extending one-third of the distance between the heel and the tip of the tail.
1920 Urol. & Cutaneous Rev. 24 676/2 The male monotreme has the heel spur.
1980 E. S. Ayensu Jungles 100/1 Two males will fight with intense ferocity, leaping into the air and slashing out with their backwardly projecting heel-spurs.
2012 N.Y. Times 31 Jan. d1 The male duck-billed platypus infuses its heel spurs with a cobralike poison.
2016 P. Schissel in T. Evens et al. Reflecting on Reflexivity vi. 150 This same thin white athletic tape is used before a Thai cockfight to cover the sharp heel spurs of each fighting cock.
4. An abnormal bony outgrowth from a person's heel bone (calcaneus). Cf. spur n.1 5b.
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1917 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 8 Sept. 771/2 Attention is, of course, given to any operative need the case may present, such as heel-spurs, and to proper balance.
1977 J. F. Fixx Compl. Bk. Running xiv. 187 Heel spur. Without an Xray, it is difficult to distinguish this, a bony growth on the heelbone, from plantar fasciitis.
1988 Weekend Financial Times p. xxiv An operation for a painful heel spur awaits her.
2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Sept. d1/3 Long-distance running can cause overuse problems like heel spurs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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