(n.) The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.
(n.) That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset.
(v. i.) To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Private Islands Online website, which specialises in selling island paradises and rocky outcrops across the world, says a little bit of land surrounded by sea in the Cyclades or Dodecanese is the perfect trophy asset: "Greek islands are the ultimate status symbol, evoking images of sunglass-sporting shipping magnates sipping champagne on the deck of enormous yachts."
(2) A rocky outcrop on the edge of the continent, now called the Point Lobos state reserve, it is a beautifully elemental place that remains much as it was in Weston's time.
(3) Both Bishop and Shorten said operational details of freedom-of-navigation exercises were a matter for the military, and did not call for such operations within 12 nautical miles of Chinese rock outcrops or artificial islands.
(4) • enjoythecoast.it Plage de Bon Secours, Saint-Malo, France Facebook Twitter Pinterest On calm days, there is a striking contrast between the mirror-like surface of Saint-Malo sea pool and the ruffled sea beyond, between the order of its geometric walls and the random rocky outcrops behind them.
(5) So that’s what I did: I decided that this would no longer be just a rocky outcrop on the port of Funchal, it would be my island, about the size of a one-bedroom house.
(6) His destination was the large outcrop of copper-bearing strata in the mountains above the village of Mes Aynak.
(7) This rocky outcrop sees hundreds of visitors daily, in good weather and bad, and thousands of swimmers on Christmas Day.
(8) Stretching north of Punta del Este, the landscape and atmosphere of the Uruguayan coast changes swiftly and dramatically - huge swathes of empty beach, boutique hideaways on isolated outcrops, candlelit hippie towns and tiny fishing villages.
(9) It is one of the rocky outcrops overlooking the bucolic valley of Qunu, where South Africa's first black president grew up and which, at 93, he still calls home.
(10) At its margin abutting the central fibrous body the atrioventricular (A-V) node exhibited numerous fronds and outcroppings, some forming loop connections from one part of A-V node to another.
(11) The three-mile loop overlooks the blue-tinged fossil-rich outcrop where many of John Day’s fossils have been found.
(12) But new research about to be published suggests that over the decades they may have been chipping away at the wrong rocky outcrop on the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire .
(13) Plans to build the UK's first geothermal plant that would use heat from granite outcrops beneath the Earth's surface to power a small town were unveiled today.
(14) They made it clear that these “motherfucker refugees” were not welcome on the charmless rocky outcrop.
(15) In north-east Corsica, asbestos outcrops are a source of environmental pollution, as assessed by airborne concentrations of chrysotile and tremolite that are significantly higher in the north-east than the north-west.
(16) Known in China as the Diaoyu Islands, this small collection of islets and rocky outcroppings in the East China Sea has lain outside of direct Chinese control since 1895.
(17) Parking is near the elegiac ruins of Tintern Abbey, and from there one embarks upon a digestible but heart thumping climb up to the Devil's Pulpit, a rocky outcrop, affording fantastic views, where the evil doer himself supposedly used to preach temptation to the industrious monks scurrying below.
(18) Dunvegan Castle and Gardens Clinging to a rocky outcrop, Dunvegan Castle has been the MacLeod stronghold for eight centuries.
(19) On the other side, the vegetation opened up again and the slope led down towards a small outcrop wreathed with pine trees.
(20) Calm and controlled, he stood on an outcrop barely 7m from where I was standing, his gaze locked on the swimmers.
Spur
Definition:
(n.) A sparrow.
(n.) A tern.
(n.) An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood.
(n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.
(n.) Something that projects; a snag.
(n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
(n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
(n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
(n.) A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber.
(n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
(n.) The short wooden buttress of a post.
(n.) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
(n.) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
(n.) Ergotized rye or other grain.
(n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
(n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
(n.) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
(v. t.) To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
(v. t.) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive.
(v. t.) To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
(v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
Example Sentences:
(1) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
(2) Recognition of this deficiency in our knowledge spurred a belated explosion of research that began with an exploration of the fine structure of the mesothelium.
(3) A 57-year-old man was envenomated via two spur wounds to the right hand from each hind leg of a male platypus.
(4) But it should also be noted that this Spurs team might be the best Spurs team ever, and they've had lots of good teams (including four previous championship teams).
(5) Traction spurs with segmental hypermobility were found more commonly at the L4-5 level in patients whose spines were not fused, particularly women.
(6) She would often say to me, “Don’t go under the house.” And just as her order to not look at the sexy films had spurred me on to do so, I would indeed look under the house.
(7) The uveal protrusion was replaced and a deep corneoscleral block was removed in front of the scleral spur in three cases, and electrocoagulation of the anterior edges of the trabeculectomy fistula was done in other three cases.
(8) Minutes later, Bolton demanded a penalty when Gary Cahill collapsed in the Spurs box after a tackle by Pienaar.
(9) Boris Johnson , the London mayor, got into hot water last week when he praised the value of greed as a spur to progress and controversially suggested some people struggle to get on in life because of their low IQs.
(10) A similar rally in 2007 is widely credited with spurring on Malaysia's opposition movement, which won a landslide victory in the 2008 elections.
(11) As the political pendulum has swung over the decades, these competing archetypes have spurred endless innovations from inflation-linked bonds to free TV licences.
(12) He explains: "Spurs spend a lot of money but only sign players who are 20 or 22 because they're thinking of future sales.
(13) "It was a great debut for Christian," said the Spurs manager.
(14) The council took CPO proceedings after the firm would not agree a price to sell up to Spurs; a judgment is expected next month.
(15) 1.44am BST Heat 19-30 Spurs, 11:00 remaining in 2nd quarter Splitter assists Ginobili who hits a jumper, this Spurs run continues.
(16) The pope, whose foray into diplomacy helped spur negotiations between the US and Cuba , is expected to address the topic in a speech before the UN in New York in September.
(17) Rapid population growth, exacerbating a chronic lack of jobs and economic opportunity, is another powerful spur.
(18) A belated acknowledgement of the damage inflicted by decades of stagnated earnings and inequality have meant pay levels have rightly climbed to prominence, in part spurred by Vermont senator Bernie Sanders who put fair pay at the heart of his campaign attempts to secure the Democratic nomination for president.
(19) Iran Saudi Arabia China Which Chinese Super League club signed former Spurs midfielder Paulinho in 2015?
(20) But Spurs built up a final head of steam and after Gomes punched clear Trippier’s initial cross, a second fell to Son at the near post and he back-heeled the ball past Gomes.