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Definition of 'spar'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Perhaps also compare (l), (l).
Noun
( en-noun)
A rafter of a roof.
A thick pole or piece of wood.
(obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.11:
- The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the Sparre , forth to him came […].
(nautical) A general term denoting 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.
Derived terms
* spar buoy
* spar deck
* spar torpedo
Verb
(obsolete|or|dialectal) to bolt, bar.
To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
Derived terms
* oversparred, undersparred
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Verb
(sparr)
To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
* {{quote-news
|year=2012
|date=April 15
|author=Phil McNulty
|title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea
|work=BBC
citation
|page=
|passage=After early sparring , Spurs started to take control as the interval approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch.}}
To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
To contest in words; to wrangle.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) spar, .
Noun
( en-noun)
(mineralogy) any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent blee, which are easily cleft
(mineralogy) any crystal with no readily discernible faces.
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Similar to 'spar'saber, spear, sever, super, spur, sofar, sober, spoor, savor, sabir, sapor, safer, sopor, saver, sofer, suber, speer, siver
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