·noun A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure;
— called also slate spar.
·noun A thin slice; a shive. II. Shiver ·noun A variety of blue slate. III. Shiver ·noun A <<Spind...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Synonymous with sheave. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vt The bar of a gate or door. II. Spar ·noun A contest at sparring or boxing. III. Spar ·noun A m...
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 ...
·- 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 transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the pr...
·- A variety of dolomite. ...
·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. ...