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A self-induction coil used to increase the spark in an electric gas-lighting apparatus.

induction coil, or condenser), through which the discharge passes; the air gap of a jump spark.

gneto circuit on the outside, and forms, with another terminal on the base of the plug, a spark gap inside the cylinder.

A spark arrester.

Lively; brisk; gay. [Obs.] "Our sparkful youth." Camden.

Like a spark; airy; gay. W. Walsh.

A little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott.

One who, or that which, sparkles.

A small spark. [Obs.]

Vivacity. [Obs.] Aubrey.

Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- Spar"kling*ly, adv. -- Spar"kling*ness, n.

The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

The calf of the leg. [Obs.] Wyclif (Deut. xxviii. 35).

of or pertaining to the Sparidæ, a family of spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream. -- n.

The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt.

To scatter; to spread; to disperse. [Obs.]

birds of the family Fringilligæ, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, und…

Asparagus. [Colloq.] See the Note under Asparagus.

An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina).

Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose. Sparry iron (Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a). -- Sparry limestone (Min.), a coarsely crystalline marble.