SPARKS

Proper noun

Sparks

A surname.

A town in Georgia, United States.

An unincorporated community in Kansas.

An unincorporated community in Kentucky.

An unincorporated community in Maryland.

An unincorporated community in Nebraska.

A city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

A town in Oklahoma.

A census-designated place in Texas.

Anagrams

• K-spars

Noun

sparks

plural of spark

Noun

sparks (plural sparks)

(informal) An electrician

Verb

sparks

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spark

Anagrams

• K-spars

Source: Wiktionary


SPARK

Spark, n. Etym: [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark, sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. spragëti, Gr. sph to crackle, to thunder. Cf. Speak.]

1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. Man is born unto trouble, as hte sparks fly upward. Job v. 7.

2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.

3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. "If any spark of life be yet remaining." Shak. "Small intellectual spark." Macaulay. "Vital spark of heavenly flame." Pope. We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge. Locke. Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark. Wordsworth. Spark arrester, a contrivance to prevent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also spark consumer. [U.S.]

Spark, n. Etym: [Icel. sparkr lively, sprightly.]

1. A brisk, showy, gay man. The finest sparks and cleanest beaux. Prior.

2. A lover; a gallant; a beau.

Spark, v. i.

Definition: To sparkle. [Obs.] Spenser.

Spark, v. i.

Definition: To play the spark, beau, or lover. A sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is termed, sparking, within. W. Irwing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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