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noun
- The tail of a beaver.
- (Canada, US) Any object like a beaver's tail, oval or tear-drop in plan, usually broad and flat; usually beaver-tail.
- A species of prickly pear cactus, Opuntia basilaris.
- A kind of wetsuit having a flap that passes over the crotch and is fastened at the front.
- A gun grip of such shape.
- (Canada, US) A fried-dough pastry of such shape; usually beaver tail.
noun
- The fur of the beaver.
- the soft brown fur of the beaver
- A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
- (Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
- a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- (countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- Butter.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
- Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
- Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”).
- (chiefly Canada, US, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
- (US, offensive, slang) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
- (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
- (countable, slang) A beard or a bearded person.
- (countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
- (uncountable, historical, slang) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
- a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
- a full beard
- large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
verb
- (slang) To spot a beard in a game of beaver.
- To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
- (backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- To work hard.
- (logging, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
- work hard on something
noun
- A young beaver.
- A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
- (video games) The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.
- (UK, informal) Clothing.
- A young ferret.
- Synonym of kit violin.
- A young fox.
- A kit fox (Vulpes macrotis).
- A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.
- A young rabbit.
- A kitten (young cat).
- A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
- A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
- A young weasel.
- (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
- Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
- A young skunk.
- A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.
- (music) A drum kit.
- (UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
- gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose
- a case for containing a set of articles
- young of any of various fur-bearing animals
verb
noun
- A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
- Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
- A whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).
- A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala).
- An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.
- A broken-winded horse.
- Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.
- Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).
- large North American mountain marmot
- someone who makes a loud high sound
- large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions
- Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
noun
- aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
- A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.
noun
- A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
- Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers).
- a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- A container with a perforated cap for sprinkling its contents, especially salt, pepper, etc.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ariadne, of Africa and Asia.
- (mineralogy) A variety of petalite found in Elba.
- A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
- A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
- a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
- a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
name
noun
- A beaver's dam.
- (dialect) Any navigable watercourse.
- (historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
- An embankment formed by the spoil from the creation of a ditch.
- (dialect) Any watercourse.
- (loosely, slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A non-heterosexual woman.
- (now chiefly Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
- A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
- (geology) A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
- (dialect) Any small body of water.
- An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
- (now chiefly Australia, slang) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- (slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior.
- (slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A masculine woman.
- (figuratively) Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
- A wall, especially (obsolete outside heraldry) a masoned city or castle wall.
- (dialect) Any fence or hedge.
- (dialect) A jetty; a pier.
- (dialect, mining) A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.
- A raised causeway.
- (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
verb
- (transitive) To steep [fibers] within a watercourse.
- (transitive) To surround with a ditch, to entrench.
- (transitive or intransitive) To dig, particularly to create a ditch.
- (transitive or intransitive) To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.
- (transitive, Scotland) To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.
- (transitive) To scour a watercourse.
- enclose with a dike
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of beaver (“beard-spotting game”).
- (originally Canada) A member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement, composed of groups for children, traditionally boys, of approximately five to seven years of age.
- A native or resident of the American state of Oregon.
- a native or resident of Oregon
name
- A census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Beaver Township.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Bay County, Michigan.
- (countable) A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon.
- A village in Pike County, Ohio.
- A town in Carroll County, Arkansas.
- A minor city in Amaqua Township, Boone County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky.
- A town, the county seat of Beaver County, Oklahoma.
- A township and census-designated place therein, in Barton County, Kansas.
- A borough, the county seat of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington.
- A town and unincorporated community therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
- A city, the county seat of Beaver County, Utah.
- A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in Baldwin Township, Delta County, Michigan.
- A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
name
noun
- the fur of an otter
- freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
- An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
- (uncountable) The flesh or fur of this animal
- (gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.
noun
- A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).
- small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
noun
- The footprint of a hare.
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A feeling of remorse.
- (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- A small pointed object.
- obscene terms for penis
- the act of puncturing with a small point
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
verb
- (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
- (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
- (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
- (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
- cause a stinging pain
- stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- to stick up
- cause a prickling sensation
- to cause a sharp emotional pain
- make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
- deliver a sting to
noun
- The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
- (transport) A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
- A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
- (figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
- (architecture) The short wooden buttress of a post.
- Ergotized rye or other grain.
- (carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
- (rail transport) A very short branch line of a railway line.
- (electronics) A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
- (shipbuilding) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
- Roots, tree roots.
- (architecture) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
- A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- (mining) A branch of a vein.
- A jab given with the spurs.
- A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
- Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
- (geology) A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
- (botany) A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
- A tern.
- tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
- a railway line connected to a trunk line
- any sharply pointed projection
verb
- (transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
- (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
- To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
- (transitive) To put spurs on.
- (intransitive) To press forward; to travel in great haste.
- give heart or courage to
- incite or stimulate
- goad with spurs
- equip with spurs
- strike with a spur
noun
- The den of an otter.
- Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
- (metonymic, usually as "the couch") Psychotherapy.
- A bed, a resting-place.
- (art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
- (figurative, politics, usually as "the couch") Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.
- (Canada, US, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
- (brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
- an upholstered seat for more than one person
- a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
- a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
verb
- (transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
- (ophthalmology, transitive) In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
- (transitive) To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
- (sewing, transitive) To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
- (transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
- (transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
- (transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
- (papermaking, transitive) To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
- (intransitive) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
- (intransitive) To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
- formulate in a particular style or language
noun
- The tail of a beaver.
- (Canada, US) Any object like a beaver's tail, oval or tear-drop in plan, usually broad and flat; usually beaver-tail.
- A species of prickly pear cactus, Opuntia basilaris.
- A kind of wetsuit having a flap that passes over the crotch and is fastened at the front.
- A gun grip of such shape.
- (Canada, US) A fried-dough pastry of such shape; usually beaver tail.
noun
- The fur of the beaver.
- the soft brown fur of the beaver
- A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
- (Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
- a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- (countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- Butter.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
- Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
- Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”).
- (chiefly Canada, US, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
- (US, offensive, slang) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
- (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
- (countable, slang) A beard or a bearded person.
- (countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
- (uncountable, historical, slang) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
- a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
- a full beard
- large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
verb
- (slang) To spot a beard in a game of beaver.
- To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
- (backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- To work hard.
- (logging, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
- work hard on something
noun
- A young beaver.
- A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
- (video games) The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.
- (UK, informal) Clothing.
- A young ferret.
- Synonym of kit violin.
- A young fox.
- A kit fox (Vulpes macrotis).
- A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.
- A young rabbit.
- A kitten (young cat).
- A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
- A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
- A young weasel.
- (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
- Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
- A young skunk.
- A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.
- (music) A drum kit.
- (UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
- gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose
- a case for containing a set of articles
- young of any of various fur-bearing animals
verb
noun
- A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
- Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
- A whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).
- A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala).
- An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.
- A broken-winded horse.
- Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.
- Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).
- large North American mountain marmot
- someone who makes a loud high sound
- large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions
- Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
noun
- aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
- A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.
noun
- A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
- Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers).
- a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- A container with a perforated cap for sprinkling its contents, especially salt, pepper, etc.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ariadne, of Africa and Asia.
- (mineralogy) A variety of petalite found in Elba.
- A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
- A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
- a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
- a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
noun
- A beaver's dam.
- (dialect) Any navigable watercourse.
- (historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
- An embankment formed by the spoil from the creation of a ditch.
- (dialect) Any watercourse.
- (loosely, slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A non-heterosexual woman.
- (now chiefly Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
- A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
- (geology) A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
- (dialect) Any small body of water.
- An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
- (now chiefly Australia, slang) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- (slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior.
- (slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A masculine woman.
- (figuratively) Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
- A wall, especially (obsolete outside heraldry) a masoned city or castle wall.
- (dialect) Any fence or hedge.
- (dialect) A jetty; a pier.
- (dialect, mining) A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.
- A raised causeway.
- (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
verb
- (transitive) To steep [fibers] within a watercourse.
- (transitive) To surround with a ditch, to entrench.
- (transitive or intransitive) To dig, particularly to create a ditch.
- (transitive or intransitive) To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.
- (transitive, Scotland) To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.
- (transitive) To scour a watercourse.
- enclose with a dike
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of beaver (“beard-spotting game”).
- (originally Canada) A member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement, composed of groups for children, traditionally boys, of approximately five to seven years of age.
- A native or resident of the American state of Oregon.
- a native or resident of Oregon
name
- A census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Beaver Township.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Bay County, Michigan.
- (countable) A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon.
- A village in Pike County, Ohio.
- A town in Carroll County, Arkansas.
- A minor city in Amaqua Township, Boone County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky.
- A town, the county seat of Beaver County, Oklahoma.
- A township and census-designated place therein, in Barton County, Kansas.
- A borough, the county seat of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington.
- A town and unincorporated community therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
- A city, the county seat of Beaver County, Utah.
- A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in Baldwin Township, Delta County, Michigan.
- A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
noun
- the fur of an otter
- freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
- An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
- (uncountable) The flesh or fur of this animal
- (gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.
noun
- A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).
- small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
noun
- The footprint of a hare.
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A feeling of remorse.
- (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- A small pointed object.
- obscene terms for penis
- the act of puncturing with a small point
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
verb
- (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
- (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
- (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
- (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
- cause a stinging pain
- stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- to stick up
- cause a prickling sensation
- to cause a sharp emotional pain
- make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
- deliver a sting to
noun
- The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
- (transport) A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
- A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
- (figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
- (architecture) The short wooden buttress of a post.
- Ergotized rye or other grain.
- (carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
- (rail transport) A very short branch line of a railway line.
- (electronics) A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
- (shipbuilding) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
- Roots, tree roots.
- (architecture) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
- A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- (mining) A branch of a vein.
- A jab given with the spurs.
- A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
- Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
- (geology) A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
- (botany) A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
- A tern.
- tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
- a railway line connected to a trunk line
- any sharply pointed projection
verb
- (transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
- (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
- To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
- (transitive) To put spurs on.
- (intransitive) To press forward; to travel in great haste.
- give heart or courage to
- incite or stimulate
- goad with spurs
- equip with spurs
- strike with a spur
noun
- The den of an otter.
- Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
- (metonymic, usually as "the couch") Psychotherapy.
- A bed, a resting-place.
- (art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
- (figurative, politics, usually as "the couch") Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.
- (Canada, US, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
- (brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
- an upholstered seat for more than one person
- a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
- a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
verb
- (transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
- (ophthalmology, transitive) In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
- (transitive) To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
- (sewing, transitive) To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
- (transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
- (transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
- (transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
- (papermaking, transitive) To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
- (intransitive) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
- (intransitive) To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
- formulate in a particular style or language
noun
- The fur of the beaver.
- the soft brown fur of the beaver
- A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
- (Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
- a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- (countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- Butter.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
- Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
- Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”).
- (chiefly Canada, US, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
- (US, offensive, slang) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
- (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
- (countable, slang) A beard or a bearded person.
- (countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
- (uncountable, historical, slang) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
- a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
- a full beard
- large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
verb
- (slang) To spot a beard in a game of beaver.
- To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
- (backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- To work hard.
- (logging, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
- work hard on something
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