a. [f. SPUR sb.1 + -Y.] † a. Radiating like the points of a spur-rowel. Obs. b. Of the nature of a spur or prop. c. Having spur-like projections.
c. 1611. Chapman, Iliad, XIX. 368. His crested helmet … like a star … cast a spurry ray.
1863. W. Lancaster, Præterita, 91. When the sick racking trees … Tear up their spurry fastenings.
1875. Blackmore, Alice Lorraine, III. ix. 146. He quietly descended from the window, with the help of … a spurry pear-tree.
