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Definition of Cockspur
1. Noun. Widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass.
2. Noun. Small spiny West Indian tree.
Definition of Cockspur
1. n. A variety of Cratægus, or hawthorn (C. Crus- galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn.
Definition of Cockspur
1. Noun. The spur of a gamecock ¹
2. Noun. Any of several unrelated thorny shrubs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cockspur
1. a thorny plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockspur
Literary usage of Cockspur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"A variable species. Cultivated grounds, waste places, and by ditches. August to
September. Throughout North America, except in the extreme north. cockspur ..."
2. The Story of Charing Cross and Its Immediate Neighbourhood by J. Holden Macmichael (1906)
"THE " ALENTOURS " OF cockspur STREET. IN the open space between cockspur Street
and Pall Mall East is the equestrian statue of George III., by Matthew Cotes ..."
3. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1900)
"... imperfect though it be, was yet a very decided improvement upon the " single
jet " and " cockspur " burner. Fig. 212, which formed the only alternatives ..."
4. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Beaufort River, or Inland Navigation in South Carolina.—Slave Stealer.—cockspur
Island.—Rapid Growth of Oysters. —Eagle caught by Oyster. ..."
5. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... the town: cockspur Street filled up the space between Pall Mall and Charing
Cross. Pall Mall was also laid out as a walk, or place for the exercise of ..."
6. Our Native Trees and how to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits by Harriet Louise Keeler (1900)
"The cockspur Thorn is the only one that has at all proved itself equal to the
... The leaves of the cockspur Thorn are likely to vary considerably on ..."
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