Noun
making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer

Noun
a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging

Noun
any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable

Verb
fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"

Verb
box lightly

Verb
fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"

Verb
furnish with spars

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n.
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.

v. t.
A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.

v. t.
Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters.

v. t.
The bar of a gate or door.

v. t.
To bolt; to bar.

v. t.
To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.

v. i.
To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

v. i.
To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box.

v. i.
To contest in words; to wrangle.

n.
A contest at sparring or boxing.

n.
A movement of offense or defense in boxing.

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Spar

Spar, n. [OE. sparre; akin to D. spar, G. sparren, OHG. sparro, Dan.& Sw. sparre, Icel. sparri; of uncertain origin. 171. Cf. Spar, v. t. ] 1. (Naut.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff. 2. (Arch.) Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters. 3. The bar of a gate or door. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spar buoy (Naut.), a buoy anchored by one end so that the other end rises above the surface of the water. -- Spar deck (Naut.), the upper deck of a vessel; especially, in a frigate, the deck which is continued in a straight line from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, and on which spare spars are usually placed. See under Deck. -- Spar torpedo (Naut.), a torpedo carried on the end of a spar usually projecting from the bow of a vessel, and intended to explode upon contact with an enemy's ships.

Spar

Spar, v. t. [OE. sparren, AS. sparrian; akin to G. sperren, Icel. sperra; from the noun. &root;171. See Spara beam, bar.] 1. To bolt; to bar. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel. &hand; A vessel equipped with spars that are too large or too small is said to be oversparred or undersparred.

Spar

Spar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sparred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sparring.] [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esparer to kick, F. '82parer, or Icel. sperra to stretch out the legs, to struggle.] 1. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do. 2. To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box.

Made believe to spar at Paul with great science.

3. To contest in words; to wrangle. [Colloq.]

Spar

Spar, n. 1. A contest at sparring or boxing. 2. A movement of offense or defense in boxing.

A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.

To bolt; to bar.

To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

A contest at sparring or boxing.