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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.

as 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.

A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them.

To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.

The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] Swift.

A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler.

The sparrow hawk. [Prov. Eng.]

Spare; saving; frugal; merciful. Bacon. -- Spar"ing*ly, adv. -- Spar"ing*ness, n.

ited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. Man is born unto trouble, as hte sparks fly upward. Job v. 7.