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spar

1  [spahr] ,noun, verb, sparred, spar⋅ring.
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–noun
1. Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
2. Aeronautics. a principal lateral member of the framework of a wing of an airplane.
–verb (used with object)
3. to provide or make with spars.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME sparre (n.); c. G Sparren, D spar, ON sparri

Related forms:
sparlike, adjective
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2  [spahr] ,verb, sparred, spar⋅ring, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. (of boxers) to make the motions of attack and defense with the arms and fists, esp. as a part of training.
2. to box, esp. with light blows.
3. to strike or attack with the feet or spurs, as gamecocks do.
4. to bandy words; dispute.
–noun
5. a motion of sparring.
6. a boxing match.
7. a dispute.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME: orig., thrust (n. and v.); perh. akin to spur

spar

3  [spahr] ,
–noun
any of various more or less lustrous crystalline minerals: fluorspar.
Origin:
1575–85; back formation from sparstone spar, OE spærstān gypsum; cf. MLG spar

Related forms:
sparlike, adjective

SPAR

  [spahr] ,
–noun
(during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
Also, Spar.

Origin:
1942; < L S(emper) par(ātus) “Always ready” the Coast Guard motto

SpAr

 
Spanish Arabic.
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spar 1   (spär)   
n.  

  1. Nautical A wooden or metal pole, such as a boom, yard, or bowsprit, used to support sails and rigging.

  2. A usually metal pole used as part of a crane or derrick.

  3. A main structural member in an airplane wing or a tail assembly that runs from tip to tip or from root to tip.

tr.v.   sparred, spar·ring, spars

  1. To supply with spars.

  2. Archaic To fasten with a bolt.


[Middle English sparre, rafter.]
spar 2   (spär)   
intr.v.   sparred, spar·ring, spars

    1. To fight with an opponent in a short bout or practice session, as in boxing or the martial arts.

    2. To make boxing or fighting motions without hitting one's opponent.

  2. To bandy words about in argument; dispute.

  3. To fight by striking with the feet and spurs. Used of gamecocks.

n.  

  1. A motion of attack or defense in boxing.

  2. A sparring match.


[Middle English sparren, to thrust or strike rapidly, perhaps from obsolete French esparer, to kick, from Old Italian sparare, to fling : s-, intensive pref.; see sforzando + parare, to ward off; see parry.]
spar 3   (spär)   
n.  A nonmetallic, readily cleavable, translucent or transparent light-colored mineral with a shiny luster, such as feldspar.

[Low German, from Middle Low German.]
SPAR also Spar   (spär)   
n.  A member of the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard, disbanded as a separate unit in 1946.

[Contraction of Latin semper parātus, always prepared, the motto of the U.S. Coast Guard : semper, always + parātus, prepared.]
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Word Origin & History

spar  (n.1)
"stout pole," c.1300, "rafter," from M.L.G. or M.Du. sparre, from P.Gmc. *sparron (cf. O.E. *spere "spear, lance," O.N. sperra "rafter, beam"), from PIE base *sper- "spear, pole" (see spear). Nautical use dates from 1640. Also borrowed in O.Fr. as esparre, which may have been the direct source of the Eng. word.

spar  (v)
"to box," c.1400, "to strike or thrust," perhaps from M.Fr. esparer "to kick," from It. sparare "to fling," from L. ex- + parare "to ward off, parry" (see pare). Used in 17c. in ref. to preliminary actions in a cock fight; fig. sense of "to dispute, bandy with words" is from 1698. Extension to humans, with meaning "to engage in or practice boxing" is attested from 1755.

spar  (n.2)
"shiny mineral that splits easily," 1581, from Low Ger. Spar, from M.L.G. *spar, sper, cognate with O.E. spær- in spærstan "gypsum."
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Computing Dictionary

SPAR
Early system on Datatron 200 series. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
SPAR

  1. Latin Semper Paratus (always ready—motto of the United States Coast Guard)

  2. a member of the women's reserve of the United States Coast Guard

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