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The public bone.

A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities.

One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.

One who shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a divider; a distributer.

A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoast of Europe.

One who shears. Like a lamb dumb before his shearer. Acts viii. 32.

One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.

One who, or that which, carries a shield.

A sportsman; esp., a native hunter. [India]

Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.

Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.

Wild; timid; shy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita).

and brought into trouble. If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee. Shak.

One who lays snares, or entraps.

To sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i.

A small piece of money. [Obs.] Shak.

that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save. "No cost would he spare." Chaucer. [Thou] thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare. Milton. He that hath knowledge, spareth his words. Prov. xvii. 27.

Sparing; chary. [Obs.] Fairfax. -- Spare"ful*ness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Unsparing. Sylvester.