SPURGALL

Etymology

Noun

spurgall (plural spurgalls)

A place galled or excoriated by use of the spur.

Verb

spurgall (third-person singular simple present spurgalls, present participle spurgalling, simple past and past participle spurgalled)

(obsolete, transitive) To gall or wound with a spur.

Source: Wiktionary


Spur"gall`, n.

Definition: A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.

Spur"gall`, v. t.

Definition: To gall or wound with a spur.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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