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sparlike

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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

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
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Word Origin & History

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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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