Spurn (spûrn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned (spûrnd); 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.
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[The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup. Chaucer.
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I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. Shak.
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2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
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What safe and nicely I might well delay
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. Shak.
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Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet. Locke.
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Spurn, n. 1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [R.]
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What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? Milton.
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2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
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The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes. Shak.
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3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
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