v. t.
[ The bird ] with his foot will spurn adown his cup. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
What safe and nicely I might well delay
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The miller spurned at a stone. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who spurns. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Naut.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water. [ 1913 Webster ]