v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Spurned p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning. ] [ OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push. √171. See Spur. ] 1. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The bird ] with his foot will spurn adown his cup. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

What safe and nicely I might well delay
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To kick or toss up the heels. [ 1913 Webster ]

The miller spurned at a stone. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who spurns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer. [ Obs. ] Joye. [ 1913 Webster ]