·- A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. ·cf. Calcite.
·vt The bar of a gate or door. II. Spar ·noun A contest at sparring or boxing. III. Spar ·noun A m...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to bolt, bar, pin, or shut a door ; ab A. S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
The general term for any mast, yard, boom, gaff, &c. In ship-building, the name is applied to small ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone....
·- A common name of dolomite; — so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which ...
·noun ·same·as <<Calcite>>. ...
·- A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other o...
·- ·see <<Fluorite>>. ...
·- Native barium sulphate or barite, — so called because of its high specific gravity as compared wi...
·- A variety of dolomite. ...
·noun A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; — called also slate spar. ...
·adj Hung with spar, as a cave. ...
[a corruption of boom]. A spar of a larger kind. ...
A hand-mast pole, fit for making small masts or yards, booms, &c. ...
This term is loosely applied, though properly it signifies a temporary deck laid in any part of a ve...
A round mast; those from Riga are commonly over 70 feet long by 20 inches diameter. ...