noun: A steel spur attached to a gamecock (sometimes used figuratively).
noun: (historical, artillery) A portable fork of iron or wood in which the heavy musket formerly in use was rested that it might be accurately aimed and fired.
verb: To equip with a gaffle or similar weapon.
verb: To grab or seize
verb: To get hold of, to find.
verb: To arrest for criminal activity.
verb: To steal
verb: To swindle or bully (someone)
verb: To talk without a purpose, usually about inane or pointless topics; to babble.