SPURN (3)

Spurn, n. 1. 1. A kick; a blow with the foot.
What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? Milton. 2. 2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes. Shak. 3. 3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.