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v. i. 1. To kick or toss up the heels. [ 1913 Webster ]

The miller spurned at a stone. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who spurns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water. [ 1913 Webster ]