| spurn | 1. A kick; a blow with the foot. "What defence can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn?" (Milton) 2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment. "The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes." (Shak) 3. <chemical> A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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