- (v.t.) To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.
- (v.t.) Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters.
- (n.) A contest at sparring or boxing.
- (n.) A movement of offense or defense in boxing.
- (v.i.) To contest in words; to wrangle.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) The bar of a gate or door.
- (v.i.) 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.
- (v.t.) To bolt; to bar.
- (v.i.) To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
- (v.t.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom or gaff.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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