spur gall

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noun

a hairless and indurated area or gall on the side of a horse, caused by the irritation of a spur.

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Origin of spur gall

First recorded in 1545–55

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As far as I know, however, only Gall managed to find a source to verify this.
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Nonetheless, Zarif said that any U.S. ground presence in Iraq would likely spur opposition.
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There are no chains to my prison, no steel cuffs to gall the limbs, no guards to threaten and cow me.
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A short distance off was another ridge or spur of the mountain, widening out into almost a plateau.
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But one battalion was isolated on a spur, from which there seemed no way of escape save under a scorching flank fire.
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Quentin Gray regarded the story of Kazmah as a very poor lie devised on the spur of the moment.
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That lady turned her back upon him, and betook herself on the spur of the moment to Maude's room, determined to "have it out."
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