Spurn (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Spurned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Spurning.] [OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble
over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur,
OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to
despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push. √171. See
Spur.] 1. To drive back or away, as with
the foot; to kick.
[The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his
cup.
Chaucer.
I spurn thee like a cur out of my
way.
Shak.
2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive
or accept; to treat with contempt.
What safe and nicely I might well delay
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn.
Shak.
Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they
find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at
their master's feet.
Locke.
Spurn, v. i. 1. To
kick or toss up the heels.
The miller spurned at a stone.
Chaucer.
The drunken chairman in the kennel
spurns.
Gay.
2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything;
to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal
image.
Shak.
Spurn, n. 1. A
kick; a blow with the foot. [R.]
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. (Mining) A body of coal left to
sustain an overhanding mass.
Spurn (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Spurned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Spurning.] [OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble
over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur,
OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to
despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push. √171. See
Spur.] 1. To drive back or away, as with
the foot; to kick.
[The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his
cup.
Chaucer.
I spurn thee like a cur out of my
way.
Shak.
2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive
or accept; to treat with contempt.
What safe and nicely I might well delay
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn.
Shak.
Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they
find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at
their master's feet.
Locke.
Spurn, v. i. 1. To
kick or toss up the heels.
The miller spurned at a stone.
Chaucer.
The drunken chairman in the kennel
spurns.
Gay.
2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything;
to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal
image.
Shak.
Spurn, n. 1. A
kick; a blow with the foot. [R.]
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. (Mining) A body of coal left to
sustain an overhanding mass.
