spar, sparring
(noun) making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer
spar
(noun) a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
spar
(noun) any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
spar
(verb) fight verbally; “They were sparring all night”
spar
(verb) box lightly
spar
(verb) fight with spurs; “the gamecocks were sparring”
spar
(verb) furnish with spars
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spar (plural spars)
A rafter of a roof.
A thick pole or piece of wood.
(obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
(nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
(aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
spar (third-person singular simple present spars, present participle sparring, simple past and past participle sparred)
(obsolete or dialectal) to bolt, bar.
(transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
spar (third-person singular simple present spars, present participle sparring, simple past and past participle sparred)
To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
To contest in words; to wrangle.
spar (plural spars)
A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
spar (countable and uncountable, plural spars)
(mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
(mineralogy) Any crystal with readily discernible faces.
• APRs, Arps, PSRA, RAPs, arps, pars, raps, rasp, sapr-
Source: Wiktionary
Spar, n. Etym: [AS. spær in spærstan chalkstone; akin to MHG. spar, G. sparkalk plaster.] (Min.)
Definition: An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein. Blue spar, Cube spar, etc. See under Blue, Cube, etc.
Spar, n. Etym: [OE. sparre; akin to D. spar, G. sparren, OHG. sparro, Dan.& Sw. sparre, Icel. sparri; of uncertain origin. Spar, v. t. ]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters.
3. The bar of a gate or door. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spar buoy (Naut.), a buoy anchored by one end so that the other end rises above the surface of the water.
– Spar deck (Naut.), the upper deck of a vessel; especially, in a frigate, the deck which is continued in a straight line from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, and on which spare spars are usually placed. See under Deck.
– Spar torpedo (Naut.), a torpedo carried on the end of a spar usually projecting from the bow of a vessel, and intended to explode upon contact with an enemy's ships.
Spar, v. t. Etym: [OE. sparren, AS. sparrian; akin to G. sperren, Icel. sperra; from the noun. sq. root171. See Spara beam, bar.]
1. To bolt; to bar. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.
Note: A vessel equipped with spars that are too large or too small is said to be oversparred or undersparred.
Spar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sparred; p. pr. & vb. n. Sparring.] Etym: [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esparer to kick, F. éparer, or Icel. sperra to stretch out the legs, to struggle.]
1. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
2. To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box. Made believe to spar at Paul with great science. Dickens.
3. To contest in words; to wrangle. [Colloq.]
Spar, n.
1. A contest at sparring or boxing.
2. A movement of offense or defense in boxing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2024
(adverb) not to a significant degree or amount; “our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts”
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