A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a
rafter or crossbeam; a strut.

The short wooden buttress of a post.

One of the large or principal roots of a tree.

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.

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.

Something that projects; a snag.

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.

A tern.

That which goads to action; an incitement.

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.