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See spår

English

Pronunciation

IPA: /spɑː/
IPA: /spɑːr/

Homophones

spa (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

A general term any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
In the Context of any crystal with no readily discernible faces.

Verb

To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Nl-spar.ogg

Noun

spar (plural: sparren, diminutive sparretje)

Category:Dutch nouns Category:nl:Trees

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Kurdish

Noun

spar

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Category:Kurdish language

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spar \Spar\, n.
1. A contest at sparring or boxing.
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2. A movement of offense or defense in boxing.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spar \Spar\, n. [OE. sparre; akin to D. spar, G. sparren, OHG.
sparro, Dan. & Sw. sparre, Icel. sparri; of uncertain origin.
[root]171. Cf. Spar, v. t. ]
1. (Naut.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a
mast, yard, boom, or gaff.
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2. (Arch.) Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense;
-- still applied locally to rafters.
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3. The bar of a gate or door. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spar \Spar\, v. t. [OE. sparren, AS. sparrian; akin to G.
sperren, Icel. sperra; from the noun. [root]171. See Spara
beam, bar.]
1. To bolt; to bar. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.
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Note: A vessel equipped with spars that are too large or too
small is said to be oversparred or undersparred.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English spar \spar\ (sp[aum]r), n. [AS. spaer in spaerst[=a]n
chalkstone; akin to MHG. spar, G. sparkalk plaster.] (Min.)
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.
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Blue spar, Cube spar, etc. See under Blue, Cube, etc.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spar \Spar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sparred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sparring.] [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esparer to kick,
F. ['e]parer, or Icel. sperra to stretch out the legs, to
struggle.]
1. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
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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.
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Made believe to spar at Paul with great science.
--Dickens.
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3. To contest in words; to wrangle. [Colloq.]
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WordNet spar
n 1: any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar)
that are light in color and transparent or translucent
and cleavable
2: a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support
rigging
3: making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and
arms; a part of training for a boxer [syn: sparring]
v 1: furnish with spars
2: fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"
3: box lightly
4: fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"
[also: sparring, sparred]

Moby Dictionary
Chinese boxing , altercate , argue , argufy , bandy words , bar ,
bare pole , battle , beam , bicker , boom , bout , bowsprit , box , boxing ,
boxing match , brawl , broil , bumpkin , cant hook , cavil , choplogic ,
clash , claw bar , close , close fighting , club , collide , combat ,
come to blows , contend , contest , crank , cross swords ,
crossjack yard , crosstree , crow , crowbar , cut and thrust , differ ,
discept , dispute , dolphin striker , duel , exchange blows , fence ,
feud , fight , fight a duel , fighting , fisticuffs , flite ,
flying jib boom , fore jack , fore-skysail mast , fore-skysail yard ,
fore-topgallant mast , fore-topgallant yard , fore-topmast , foremast ,
foreroyal mast , foreroyal yard , foreyard , gaff , give and take ,
give satisfaction , gooseneck , grapple , grapple with , handspike ,
hassle , have it out , have words , infighting , iron crow , jack ,
jib boom , jigger , jimmy , join issue , jostle , joust , king post ,
lazy jack , lever , limb , lock horns , logomachize , lower boom ,
main-royal mast , main-royal yard , main-skysail mast ,
main-topgallant mast , mainmast , marlinespike , mast , masthead ,
mix it up , mizzen , mizzen-royal mast , mizzenmast , moot , outrigger ,
peavey , pedal , pettifog , pinch bar , plead , pole , polemicize ,
polemize , prize , prizefight , prizefighting , pry , pugilism , quarrel ,
quibble , rassle , riot , ripping bar , run a tilt , savate , scramble ,
scrap , scuffle , set to , shadowboxing , skirmish , skysail yard ,
spanker boom , spanker gaff , spars , spat , spreader , sprit , squabble ,
stick , strive , struggle , tack bumpkin , take sides , the clinches ,
the fights , the ring , thrash out , thrust and parry , tiff , tilt ,
timber , topgallant mast , topgallant yard , topmast , tourney ,
treadle , tree , try conclusions , tussle , wage war , war ,
whisker boom , whisker pole , wrangle , wrecking bar , wrestle , yard ,
yardarm

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Early system on Datatron 200 series. Listed in CACM 2(5):16
(May 1959).