·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.