Bitter spar

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• Bitter

  ·vt To make bitter. II. Bitter ·noun AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. III. Bitter ·v...

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• Bitter

  Bitterness is symbolical of affliction, misery, and servitude (Ex. 1:14; Ruth 1:20; Jer. 9:15). The ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bitter

  Any turn of a cable about the bitts is called a bitter. Hence a ship is "brought up to a bitter" whe...

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• Spar

  ·vt The bar of a gate or door. II. Spar ·noun A contest at sparring or boxing. III. Spar ·noun A m...

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• spar

  to bolt, bar, pin, or shut a door ; ab A. S. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• spar

  The general term for any mast, yard, boom, gaff, &c. In ship-building, the name is applied to small ...

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• bitter-bark

  n. an Australian tree, Petalostigma quadrilo culare, F. v. M., N.O. Euphorbiacea. Called also Crab-...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bitter-leaf

  n. a Tasmanian name for the Native Hop. See hops and hop-bush. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bitter cold

  Very cold. This common colloquial expression is used alike in England and America. Those who say it...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bitter-bump

  A north-country name for the bittern. ...

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• bitter-end

  That part of the cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board when the ship rides at a...

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• Bitter Herbs

  The Israelites were commanded to eat the Paschal lamb "with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs."...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Calc-spar

  ·noun ·same·as <<Calcite>>. ...

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• Derbyshire spar

  ·- A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other o...

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• Fluor spar

  ·- ·see <<Fluorite>>. ...

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• Heavy spar

  ·- Native barium sulphate or barite, — so called because of its high specific gravity as compared wi...

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• Iceland spar

  ·- A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the pr...

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• Rhomb spar

  ·- A variety of dolomite. ...

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• Shiver-spar

  ·noun A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; — called also slate spar. ...

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• Spar-hung

  ·adj Hung with spar, as a cave. ...

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• bome-spar

  [a corruption of boom]. A spar of a larger kind. ...

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• cant-spar

  A hand-mast pole, fit for making small masts or yards, booms, &c. ...

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• spar-deck

  This term is loosely applied, though properly it signifies a temporary deck laid in any part of a ve...

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• hand mast-spar

  A round mast; those from Riga are commonly over 70 feet long by 20 inches diameter. ...

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