To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
To contest in words; to wrangle.
To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
Any crystal with readily discernible faces.
A rafter of a roof.
A thick pole or piece of wood.
A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
To stake one's money against the favourite, taking the chances of the field against the chance of one horse.
To begin military operations.
To go out onto the playing field.