Spare

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Parsimony; frugal use.

II. Spare ·vt Slow.

III. Spare ·vt Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.

IV. Spare ·noun That which has not been used or expended.

V. Spare ·noun The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

VI. Spare ·vt Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

VII. Spare ·noun An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.

VIII. Spare ·adj To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.

IX. Spare ·vt Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.

X. Spare ·vi To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.

XI. Spare ·vi To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.

XII. Spare ·adj To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.

XIII. Spare ·vt Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.

XIV. Spare ·adj To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.

XV. Spare ·vi To Desist; to Stop; to Refrain.

XVI. Spare ·adj To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

XVII. Spare ·adj To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to Save.

XVIII. Spare ·vt Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time.

XIX. Spare ·noun The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.

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