Definition of spar

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Spar (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..

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Musket :: Musket (n.) The male of the sparrow hawk.
Orthoclase :: Orthoclase (n.) Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic system and having two cleavages at right angles to each other. See Feldspar.
Calcite :: Calcite (n.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar..
Thick :: Thick (superl.) Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain..
Emication :: Emication (n.) A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation..
Parrel :: Parrel (n.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.
Parsimonious :: Parsimonious (a.) Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
Morris :: Morris (n.) A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish..
Anorthite :: Anorthite (n.) A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar..
Parsimony :: Parsimony (n.) Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
Hyalophane :: Hyalophane (n.) A species of the feldspar group containing barium. See Feldspar.
Boxing :: Boxing (n.) The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring.
Scintilla :: Scintilla (n.) A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle.
Moonstone :: Moonstone (n.) A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon..
Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end..
Synaptase :: Synapta (n.) A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix..
Spark :: Spark (n.) A brisk, showy, gay man..
Spar-hung :: Spar-hung (a.) Hung with spar, as a cave..
Ovum :: Ovum (n.) A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle..
Sapphire :: Sapphire (n.) Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem..
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