Definition of spare

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Spare (v. t.) Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

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Sweat :: Sweat (v. i.) The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration..
Sparer :: Sparer (n.) One who spares.
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.
Bombycinous :: Bombycinous (a.) Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.
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..
Hyalescence :: Hyalescence (n.) The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass..
Interseptal :: Interseptal (a.) Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel..
Diaphane :: Diaphane (n.) A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work.
Epistilbite :: Epistilbite (n.) A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime..
Crotch :: Crotch (n.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch..
Semidiaphanous :: Semidiaphanous (a.) Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.
Crizzel :: Crizzel (n.) A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency..
Transparent :: Transparent (a.) Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil..
Ectomere :: Ectomere (n.) The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals..
Nitre :: Nitre (n.) A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.
Counterdraw :: Counterdraw (v. t.) To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance..
Crystal :: Crystal (n.) The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian..
Tourmaline :: Tourmaline (n.) A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels..
Transparency :: Transparency (n.) That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it..
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin..
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