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

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.

rk) as a common. The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Jer. Taylor.

To scatter abroad. [Obs.] Holland.

A spark produced by the jumping of electricity across a permanent gap.

To exceed in sparkling.

ombine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle.

l vein (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles. -- Three balls, or Three golden balls, a pawnbroker's sign or shop.

Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine. "A beauish young spark." Byrom.

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