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One who, or that which, separates. Specifically:

Separative. Cheyne.

The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimal fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it follows. The term is sometimes also applied to other marks of separation.

Divided nearly to the base into seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf.

Producing setæ; -- said of the organs from which the setæ of annelids arise.

A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.

The parallax of the sun, that is, the angle subtended at the sun by the semidiameter of the earth. It is 8."80, and is the fundamental datum.

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. Blue spar, Cube spar, etc. See under Blue, Cube, etc.

Hung with spar, as a cave.

A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.

A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.

A cerecloth. [Obs.]

Obs. or corrupt forms of Asparagus.

To scatter; to disperse; to rout. [Obs.] The king's host was sparbled and chased. Fabyan.

s 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.

In a spare manner; sparingly.

The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.

One who spares.