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English to English noun
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any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable |  | source: wordnet30
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a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging | | source: wordnet30
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making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer | | source: wordnet30
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An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein. | | source: webster1913
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A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff. | | source: webster1913
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A contest at sparring or boxing. | | source: webster1913
verb
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furnish with spars | | source: wordnet30
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fight with spurs | | Example: the gamecocks were sparring
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box lightly | | source: wordnet30
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fight verbally | | Example: They were sparring all night
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To bolt; to bar. | | source: webster1913
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To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do. | | source: webster1913
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