Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 140
Spumiferous (a.) Producing foam.
Spuminess (n.) The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence. Spumous
Spumous (a.) Alt. of Spumy.
Spumy (a.) Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy.
The spumous and florid state of the blood. -- Arbuthnot.
The spumy waves proclaim the watery war. -- Dryden.
Spun () imp. & p. p. of Spin.
Spun hay, Hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition.
Spun silk, () A cheap article produced from floss, or short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon. It is often mixed with cotton.
Spun yarn (Naut.), A line formed of two or more rope-yarns loosely twisted.
Spin (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Spun(Archaic imp. Span); p. pr. & vb. n. Spinning.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. Span, v. t., Spider.] To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.
All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca full of moths. -- Shak.
Spin (v. t.) To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.
Do you mean that story is tediously spun out? -- Sheridan.
Spin (v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives. -- L'Estrange.
Spin (v. t.) To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
Spin (v. t.) To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
Spin (v. t.) (Mech.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
To spin a yarn (Naut.), To tell a story, esp. a long or fabulous tale.
To spin hay (Mil.), To twist it into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition.
To spin street yarn, To gad about gossiping. [Collog.]
Spunge (n.) A sponge. [Obs.]
Spunk (n.) Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou. -- Sir T. Browne.
Spunk (n.) An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk. [Colloq.]
A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and spirit, and power, both of mind and body. -- Prof. Wilson.
Spunk (n.) Material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk].
Spunk (n.) The courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball" [syn: heart, mettle, nerve, spunk].
Spunky (a.) Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]
Spunky (a.) Showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger" [syn: feisty, plucky, spunky].
Spunky (a.) Willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky].
Spur (n.) (Zool.) A sparrow. [Scot.]
Spur (n.) (Zool.) A tern. [Prov. Eng.]
Spur (n.) An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood.
And on her feet a pair of spurs large. -- Chaucer.
Spur (n.) That which goads to action; an incitement. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind).
To scorn delights and live laborious days. -- Milton.
Spur (n.) Something that projects; a snag.
Spur (n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree. -- Shak.
Spur (n.) (Zool.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
Spur (n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
Spur (n.) 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.
Spur (n.) (Carp.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
Spur (n.) (Arch.) The short wooden buttress of a post.
Spur (n.) (Arch.) 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.
Spur (n.) (Bot.) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur. -- Gray.
Spur (n.) (Bot.) Ergotized rye or other grain. [R.]
Spur (n.) (Fort.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
Spur (n.) (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
Spur (n.) (Shipbuilding) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
Spur (n.) (Mining) A branch of a vein.
Spur (n.) The track of an animal, as an otter; a spoor.
Spur fowl (Zool.), Any one of several species of Asiatic gallinaceous birds of the genus Galloperdix, allied to the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each leg.
Spur gear (Mach.), A cogwheel having teeth which project radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel.
Spur gearing, Gearing in which spur gears are used. See under Gearing.
Spur pepper. (Bot.) See the Note under Capsicum.
Spur wheel. Same as Spur gear, above.
Spurred (imp. & p. p.) of Spur.
Spurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spur.
Spur (v. t.) To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
Spur (v. t.) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive.
Love will not be spurred to what it loathes. -- Shak.
Spur (v. t.) To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
Spur (v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit. "Now spurs the lated traveler." -- Shak.
The Parthians shall be there, And, spurring from the fight, confess their fear. -- Dryden.
The roads leading to the capital were covered with multitudes of yeomen, spurring hard to Westminster. -- Macaulay.
Some bold men, . . . by spurring on, refine themselves. -- Grew.
Spur (n.) A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring].
Spur (n.) Any sharply pointed projection [syn: spur, spine, acantha].
Spur (n.) Tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers.
Spur (n.) A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on" [syn: spur, gad].
Spur (n.) A railway line connected to a trunk line [syn: branch line, spur track, spur].
Spur (v.) Incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research."
Spur (v.) Give heart or courage to [syn: spur, goad].
Spur (v.) Strike with a spur.
Spur (v.) Goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse."
Spur (v.) Equip with spurs; "spur horses."
Spurgall (n.) A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.
Spurgall (v. t.) To gall or wound with a spur.
Spurge (v. t.) To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.
Spurge (n.) 大戟屬植物 Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.
Spurgewort (n.) Any euphorbiaceous plant.
Spurging (n.) A purging.
Spurious (a.) 假的；偽造的；欺騙性的；私生的；【植】假的（指外形相似而結構和功能不同的） Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. "Her spurious Firstborn." -- Milton.
Spurious primary, or Spurious quill (Zool.), The first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
Spurious wing (Zool.), The bastard wing, or alula.
Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- Spu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Spu"ri*ous*ness, n.
Spurious (a.) Plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences" [syn: specious, spurious].
Spurious (a.) Born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman [syn: bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious].
Spurious (a.) Intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art" [syn: inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious].
Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.
Spurling (n.) A tern.
Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
Spurned (imp. & p. p.) of Spurn.
Spurning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spurn.
Spurn (v. t.) 踢到一旁，冷落，踐踏，唾棄 To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
Spurn (v. t.) To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
Spurn (v. i.) 藐視，摒棄 To kick or toss up the heels.
Spurn (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
Spurn (n.) 踢開，拒斥 A kick; a blow with the foot.
Spurn (n.) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
Spurn (n.) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
Spurner (n.) One who spurns.
Spurn-water (n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
Spurred (a.) Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
Spurred (a.) Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.
Spurrer (n.) One who spurs.
Spurrey (n.) See Spurry.
Spurrier (n.) One whose occupation is to make spurs.
Spur-royal (n.) A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings.
Spurry (n.) An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder.
Spur-shell (n.) Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.
Spurt (v. i.) To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.
Spurt (v. t.) To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth.
Sourt (n.) A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt.
Sourt (n.) A shoot; a bud.
Sourt (n.) Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.
Spurt (n.) A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
Spurted (imp. & p. p.) of Spurt.
Spurting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spurt.
Spurt (v. i.) To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
Spurway (n.) A bridle path.
Spur-winged (a.) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
Sput (n.) An annular reenforce, to strengthen a place where a hole is made.
Sputation (n.) The act of spitting; expectoration.
Sputative (a.) Inclined to spit; spitting much.
Spute (v. t.) To dispute; to discuss.
Sputtered (imp. & p. p.) of Sputter.
Sputtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sputter.
Sputter (v. i.) To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
Sputter (v. i.) To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
Sputter (v. i.) To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
Sputter (v. t.) To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech.
Sputter (n.) Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
Sputterer (n.) One who sputters.
Sputa (n. pl. ) of Sputum.
Sputum (n.) That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle; saliva.
Spied (imp. & p. p.) of Spy.
Spying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spy.
Spy (v. t.) To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.
One, in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration. -- Swift.
Spy (v. t.) To discover by close search or examination.
Look about with your eyes; spy what things are to be reformed in the church of England. -- Latimer.
Spy (v. t.) To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out.
Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof. -- Num. xxi. 32.
Spy (v. i.) To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
It is my nature's plague To spy into abuses. -- Shak.
Spies (n. pl. ) of Spy.
Spy (n.) One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others. "These wretched spies of wit." -- Dryden.
Spy (n.) (Mil.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.
Spy money, Money paid to a spy; the reward for private or secret intelligence regarding the enemy.
Spy Wednesday (Eccl.), The Wednesday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; -- so called in allusion to the betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot.
Syn: See Emissary, and Scout.
Spy (n.) (Military) A secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors [syn: spy, undercover agent].
Spy (n.) A secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night."
Spy (v.) Catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy].
Spy (v.) Watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: spy, stag, snoop, sleuth].
Spy (v.) Catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge" [syn: spy, sight].
Spy (v.) Secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage; "spy for the Russians."
Spy (n.) [ C ] (B1) (US also spook) 間諜，密探 A person who secretly collects and reports information about the activities of another country or organization.
Spy (v.) (Find secrets) (C1) [ I ] 搜集情報；從事間諜活動 To secretly collect and report information about the activities of another country or organization.
// He was arrested for spying on missile sites.
Spy out (Informal) 探清（尤指場所）的情況，查明 To get knowledge secretly, especially of a place.
// I generally like to spy out restaurants before I go to eat in them.
Spy (v.) (See) [ T ] (Old-fashioned or humorous) （通常指一番搜尋後）看見，注意到 To see or notice someone or something usually when it involves looking hard.
// I think I've just spied Andrew in the crowd.
Idiom:
Spy out the land
Phrasal verb:
Spy on sb/ sth
Spyboat (n.) A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence. -- Arbuthnot.
Spyglass (n.) A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
Spyglass (n.) A small refracting telescope [syn: field glass, glass, spyglass].
Spyism (n.) Act or business of spying. [R.] Spynace