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cockspur
[ kok-spur ]
noun
- a North American hawthorn, Crataegus crus-galli, having leathery, toothed leaves and red fruit, cultivated as a small ornamental tree.
- a gaslight burner having three jets.
cockspur
/ ˈ°ìÉ’°ìËŒ²õ±èÉœË /
noun
- a spur on the leg of a cock
- an annual grass, Echinochloa crus-galli, widely distributed in tropical and warm temperate regions
- a small thorny North American hawthorn tree, Crataegus crus-galli
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cockspur1
First recorded in 1585–95; for cock's spur
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The shape and general appearance of this tube has procured for it, among the workmen, the name of the "cockspur" burner.
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The cockspur thorn is a small, handsome tree, fifteen to twenty feet high, with stiff branches in a broad round head.
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These props have fanciful names, such as "spurs," "stilts," "cockspurs," etc.
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In the way of fruit-bearing shade trees he recommends sugar maple, flowering dogwood, white and cockspur thorn, native red mulberry, tupelo, black cherry, choke cherry, and mountain ash.
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It was somewhat more efficient than the cockspur burner.
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