Also 9 spern. [f. SPURN sb.2 3.]
1. intr. To serve as a prop or stay.
1783. J. Ogden, Manchester, 16. Sawing strong deal balks through the middle, and letting in oak spars to spurn at obtuse angles upward.
2. trans. To prop or support with spurns.
1865. Even. Standard, 7 Feb. Several of the men as well as deceased neglected to sprag or spern their work.
