| spurn |
verb t. |
To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick., To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt., To kick or toss up the heels., To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance., A kick; a blow with the foot., Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment., A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass. |
| spurt |
verb 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., 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., A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space., To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency. |