the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Spar
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(v. t.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.
(3):
(v. t.) Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; - still applied locally to rafters.
(4):
(v. t.) The bar of a gate or door.
(5):
(v. t.) To bolt; to bar.
(6):
(v. t.) To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.
(7):
(v. i.) To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
(8):
(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.
(9):
(v. i.) To contest in words; to wrangle.
(10):
(n.) A contest at sparring or boxing.
(11):
(n.) A movement of offense or defense in boxing.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Spar'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/spar.html. 1828.
