Spurn — Defs

01 v. t. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.

imp. & p. p. Spurned; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning

1.
To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
“[The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.” — Chaucer.

“I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.” — Shak.
2.
To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
“What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn.” — Shak.

“Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet.” — Locke.

02 v. i. To kick or toss up the heels.

1.
To kick or toss up the heels.
“The miller spurned at a stone.” — Chaucer.

“The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns.” — Gay.
2.
To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
“Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image.” — Shak.

03 n. A kick; a blow with the foot.

1.
A kick; a blow with the foot.[R.]
“What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn?” — Milton.
2.
Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
“The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes.” — Shak.
3.
A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.(Mining)