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, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. I could have better spared a better man. Shak.

Gleam; glimmer; sparkle. Sir W. Scott. Not a blink of light was there. Wordsworth.

A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. Thackeray.

he Blue ribbon Army. -- Blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] Carlyle. -- Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite. -- Blue thrush (Zoöl.), a European and Asiatic thrush (Petrocossyphus cyaneas). -- Blue verditer. See Verditer. -- Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystal…

A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.

A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.

Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint. E. Darwin.

A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.

Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books. [Often in a disparaging sense.] Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play. Dryden.

A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.

A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.

To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar.

The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring. Blackstone. Boxing glove, a large padded mitten or glove used in sparring for exercise or amusement.

A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.

Transmitting light; clear; transparent. From the brightest wines He 'd turn abhorrent. Thomson.

In a gay, showy, and sparkling style.

Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.

, dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping paper, made of unbleached materials. -- Brown spar (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite. -- Brown stone. See Brownstone. -- Brown stout, a strong kind of proter or malt liquor. -- Brown study, a state of mental abstraction or serious r…

A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.

A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. Shak.