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WordInfo
Morphology
Lemmata
Forms: sprone (data provider: donatus)
Dictionary
Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Spróne, s. m.
1. a spur. Tener gli sproni stretti ad un cavallo, to clap spurs to a horse. Dar di — ad un cavallo, to spur a horse, to clap spursto a horse<*> 2. (met.) spur, incitement, stimulus. A spron battuto, full speed. Andare a spron battuto, to run full speed; 3. a young shoot, sucker, or sprig; 4. a cock's or dog's spur; 5. buttress of walls or foundations. — di cavaliere,the flower called larkspur; 6. a military order; 7. the beak or beak-head of a ship.
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