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Dutch multinational retail franchise
SPAR International B.V., originally "DESPAR", styled as "DE SPAR" (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈspɑr]), is a Dutch multinational company that provides branding
Spar_(retailer)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up spar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spar commonly refers to: Spar (sailing), part of a sailing vessel Spar (aeronautics), part of an aircraft
Spar
Type of training for combat sports
Sparring is a form of training common to many combat sports. It can encompass a range of activities and techniques such as punching, kicking, grappling
Sparring
Women's branch of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve during WWII
SPARS was the acronym for the women's branch of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Women's Reserve. The abbreviation was derived from the Coast Guard
SPARS
Main structural member of the wing of an aircraft
In a fixed-wing aircraft, the spar is often the main structural member of the wing, running spanwise at right angles (or thereabouts depending on wing
Spar_(aeronautics)
Wood-finishing varnish
Spar varnish (occasionally also called boat varnish or yacht varnish) is a wood-finishing varnish, originally developed for coating the spars of sailing
Spar_varnish
Marine structure used for floating oil/gas platforms
A spar is a marine structure, used for floating oil/gas platforms. Named after navigation channel Spar buoys, spar platforms were developed as an extreme
Spar_(platform)
South African retail company
The Spar Group Ltd, stylized as SPAR, is a major South African supermarket chain, and the country's largest by total number of stores. Headquartered in
Spar_(South_Africa)
Weapon consisting of a bomb at the end of a long pole attached to a boat
A spar torpedo is a weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, and attached to a boat. It was used by driving the spar directly
Spar_torpedo
The Aasta Hansteen spar is a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for natural gas operated by Equinor located 186 miles offshore in the
Aasta_Hansteen_spar
Rigging pole
A spar is a pole of wood, metal or lightweight materials such as carbon fibre used in the rigging of a sailing vessel to carry or support its sail. These
Spar_(sailing)
Canadian aerospace company
SPAR Aerospace was a Canadian aerospace company. It produced equipment for the Canadian Space Agency to be used in cooperation with NASA's Space Shuttle
Spar_Aerospace
Transparent variety of gypsum
gypsum, including satin spar gypsum, desert roses, and gypsum flowers. All varieties of gypsum, including selenite, satin spar, and alabaster, are composed
Selenite_(gypsum)
Index of articles associated with the same name
spar, less commonly atlas spar, is a trivial, partly obsolete name for fibrous varieties of the minerals gypsum, calcite, and aragonite. Satin spars have
Satin_spar
Transparent variety of calcite
Iceland spar, formerly called Iceland crystal (Icelandic: silfurberg [ˈsɪlvʏrˌpɛrk], lit. 'silver-rock') and also called optical calcite, is a transparent
Iceland_spar
Crystal that has readily discernible faces
Spar is an old mining or mineralogy term used to refer to crystals that have readily discernible faces. A spar will easily break or cleave into rhomboidal
Spar_(mineralogy)
List of ships with the same or similar names
USCGC Spar is the name of two United States Coast Guard buoy tenders: USCGC Spar (WLB-403), commissioned in 1944, decommissioned in 1997 and scuttled
USCGC_Spar
Topics referred to by the same term
Sparring Partner(s) may refer to: Sparring partner, a participant in sparring The Sparring Partner, a 2022 Hong Kong film Sparring Partners, a 1949 U.S
Sparring_Partner
Buoy designed for minimal interference from waves
A spar buoy is a tall, thin buoy that floats upright in the water and is characterized by a small water plane area and a large mass. Because they tend
Spar_buoy
North Sea oil storage structure
Brent Spar, known as Brent "E", was a North Sea oil storage and tanker loading buoy in the Brent oilfield, operated by Shell UK. With the completion of
Brent_Spar
Index of articles associated with the same name
Azure spar, sometimes azur-spar, is a trivial and commercial, partly obsolete name for several of the most famous bright blue or blue-colored minerals
Azure_spar
Calcium carbonate mineral
variety called "Iceland spar" is used for optical purposes. Acute scalenohedral crystals are sometimes referred to as "dogtooth spar" while the rhombohedral
Calcite
Bank based in North Jutland, Denmark
Spar Nord Bank A/S (Nasdaq Copenhagen: SPNO) is a bank based in North Jutland, Denmark. The history of the bank can be traced back to May 12, 1824, where
Spar_Nord
Dutch entrepreneur, founder of Spar (1898–1967)
was a Dutch entrepreneur, credited as the founder of the supermarket chain Spar on 28 June 1932. In 1880 Adriaan's grandfather Antonius van Well had started
Adriaan_van_Well
Large clusters of precripitated cave crystals
Dogtooth spar is a speleothem that consists of large calcite crystals that form through mineral precipitation of water-borne calcite. Dogtooth spar crystals
Dogtooth_spar
British punk rock band
Cock Sparrer (/ˈkɒk spɑːrə/) is an English punk rock band formed in 1972 in the East End of London. Although they have never enjoyed commercial success
Cock_Sparrer
Short story by Kij Johnson
"Spar" is a science fiction short story by American writer Kij Johnson, first published in Clarkesworld Magazine. It won the 2009 Nebula Award for Best
Spar_(short_story)
Protected area in Iceland
Helgustaðanáma [ˈhɛlkʏˌstaːðaˌnauːma]) is a mine in the east of Iceland where Iceland spar (a form of transparent calcite) was mined from the mid-17th century to the
Helgustaðir_mine
Anchor point in high lead logging
A spar tree is the tree used as the highest anchor point in a high lead cable logging setup. The spar tree is selected based on height, location and especially
Spar_(tree)
brands with the most supermarkets are Carrefour, Coopérative U, Auchan and SPAR. Caprabo Carrefour Condis E.Leclerc Family Cash Système U Carrefour Parma
List of supermarket chains in Europe
List_of_supermarket_chains_in_Europe
Spanish basketball club
Uni Girona Club de Basquet, also known as Spar Girona (previously Spar Citylift Girona) for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional women's basketball
Uni_Girona_CB
American professor and administrator
Debora Lynn Spar is a professor and higher education administrator at Harvard Business School, and the former President of Barnard College and the Lincoln
Debora_Spar
Cutting tool
much more traditional shape and identical measurements to the Devonshire. Spar-hook Very light with a 6-inch (15 cm) handle and a 6-to-7-inch (15 to 18 cm)
Billhook
Mineral form of calcium fluoride
Harper, Douglas. "fluorite". Online Etymology Dictionary. Harper, Douglas. "spar". Online Etymology Dictionary. James Harrell 2012. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology
Fluorite
U.S. Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender
USCGC Spar (WLB-206) is a United States Coast Guard Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender home-ported in Duluth, Minnesota. The ship maintains aids to navigation
USCGC_Spar_(WLB-206)
Part of a ship or boat
breezeway. Spar deck: In larger vessels during the age of sail, spare spars could be roped together to provide a temporary surface known as a "spar deck".
Deck_(ship)
Secondary minerals of antimony oxide class
Brown spar or brown-spar (German: braunspat) is a trivial, partly obsolete name for at least four carbonate minerals that are relatively similar in composition:
Brown_spar
2022 Hong Kong film by Ho Cheuk-tin
The Sparring Partner is a 2022 Hong Kong legal crime thriller film directed by Ho Cheuk Tin in his directorial debut. The film stars Yeung Wai-lun, Mak
The_Sparring_Partner
Type of cable bridge
A side-spar cable-stayed bridge may be an otherwise conventional cable-stayed bridge, but its cable support does not span the roadway, and is instead cantilevered
Side-spar_cable-stayed_bridge
Spar boxes are a type of folk art, crafted by miners to display minerals and crystals they have found. The Story of Spar Boxes NATIONAL SPAR BOX COLLECTION
Spar_box
Deepwater oil platform
Mexico. The Perdido's hull or spar was constructed by Technip in Pori, Finland. A barge shipped the 22,000 tonne spar 13,200 kilometres (8,200 miles)
Perdido_(oil_platform)
Type of cable-stayed bridge
A cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge is a modern variation of the cable-stayed bridge. This design has been pioneered by the structural engineer Santiago
Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge
Cantilever_spar_cable-stayed_bridge
1970 single by Edison Lighthouse
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" is the debut single by Edison Lighthouse, first released on 9 January 1970 in the UK and in February in the US. The
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Love_Grows_(Where_My_Rosemary_Goes)
Carbonate mineral (CaMg(CO3)2)
Dolomite (/ˈdɒl.əˌmaɪt, ˈdoʊ.lə-/) is an anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally CaMg(CO3)2. The term is also used
Dolomite_(mineral)
Basketball club in Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Omladinski košarkaški klub Spars, commonly referred to as OKK Spars or Spars Sarajevo, is a men's professional basketball club based in Ilidža, Bosnia
OKK_Spars
Form of fluorite and semi-precious mineral
Blue John (also known as Derbyshire Spar) is a semi-precious mineral, a rare form of fluorite with bands of a purple-blue or yellowish colour. In the United
Blue_John_(mineral)
Wiseman 1954, p. 206. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxi, xlii; Sachs & Wiseman 1954, p. 206. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxi, xlii. Spar & Lambert 2005, pp. xxi
List_of_kings_of_Babylon
Irish wholesaler and grocery franchise operator
a wholesaler and retail grocery franchise operator in Ireland, owned by SPAR South Africa. The company head office is based in Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
BWG_Foods
The Spar- und Leihkasse Thun (SLT) was a Swiss regional savings and loan bank located in Thun, Switzerland. It collapsed in the autumn of 1991 and was
Spar-_und_Leihkasse_Thun
Classification system for commercial compact disc releases
The SPARS code is a three-position alphabetic classification system developed in the early 1980s by the Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
SPARS_code
Ice hockey venue in Odense, Denmark
Odense Isstadion ('Odense Ice Stadium'), also known as Spar Nord Arena for sponsorship reasons, is an ice hockey arena in Bolbro, Odense, Denmark. It has
Odense_Isstadion
Unincorporated community in Mineral County, CO, USA
Spar City (also Fisher City) is an unincorporated community in Mineral County, Colorado, United States. It lies along an unpaved road southwest of the
Spar_City,_Colorado
Barium sulfate mineral
have been used for baryte, including barytine, barytite, barytes, heavy spar, tiff, and blanc fixe. Baryte occurs in many depositional environments, and
Baryte
most supermarkets on the continent are Carrefour, Coopérative U, Auchan and SPAR. Intermarket AngoMart AngoMart Mais Fresmart Nossa Casa Bompreço Continente
List of supermarket chains in Africa
List_of_supermarket_chains_in_Africa
Triangular sail with spars along upper and lower edges used by traditional Austronesians
types are typically fore-and-aft with spars along one or more edges and include a triangular variant with spars on the upper and lower edges, informally
Austronesian_sail_types
Calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese carbonate mineral
Ankerite, also known as brown spar (German: braunspat) or bitter spar is a calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese carbonate mineral of the group of rhombohedral
Ankerite
National netball team
The South Africa national netball team, also known as the SPAR Proteas, represent Netball South Africa in international netball tournaments, such as the
South Africa national netball team
South_Africa_national_netball_team
Group of rock-forming minerals
Feldspar (/ˈfɛl(d).ˌspɑːr/ FEL(D)-spar; sometimes spelled felspar) is a group of rock-forming aluminium tectosilicate minerals, also containing other
Feldspar
Variety of corundum
Adamantine spar is a silky brown variety of corundum. It has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale. Yogo sapphire "Adamantine Spar". Archived from the original
Adamantine_spar
Mineral of zinc carbonate
Smithsonite, also known as zinc spar, is the mineral form of zinc carbonate (ZnCO3). Historically, smithsonite was identified with hemimorphite before
Smithsonite
Competition format of karate
Full contact karate is any format of karate where competitors spar (also called "Kumite") full-contact and allow a knockout as winning criterion. Full
Full_contact_karate
Iris class sea going buoy tender
USCGC Spar (WLB-403) was a 180-foot (55 m) sea going buoy tender. An Iris class vessel, she was built by Marine Ironworks and Shipbuilding Corporation
USCGC_Spar_(WLB-403)
Tin oxide mineral
Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. It is generally opaque, but it is translucent in thin crystals. Its luster and multiple crystal faces produce
Cassiterite
Topics referred to by the same term
Sparhawk may refer to: Alan Sparhawk, American guitarist and vocalist with Low Bud Sparhawk (born 1937), American author Edward Vernon Sparhawk (1798–1838)
Sparhawk
Korean martial art
breaking wooden boards and in the combat sport kyorugi involves the kind of sparring seen in the Olympics. Taekwondo is primarily a bare-hand martial art and
Taekwondo
Undertaking combative actions without intent to harm
actions without serious intent of harm. Participants can engage in such sparring for ritual, training, recreational or performance reasons. The nature of
Mock_combat
Martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
generally against teaching their martial arts techniques to non-Asians. Lee's sparring partner, Hawkins Cheung, states, "Probably fewer than six people in the
Bruce_Lee
Reducing the area of a sail
portion on a spar above the sail. Reefing may occur by rolling the sail around its luff or foot, either on a rotating stay or within a spar. Sails may have
Reefing
Italian professional basketball team
Gruppo Spar (or simply Scavolini-Spar), played the 2005–06 season in the Italian Third Division (B1). Owners' target resulted in Scavolini-Spar having
Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro
Victoria_Libertas_Pallacanestro
American film and television actor
comedy-drama television series Succession. He also appeared in the films Sparring Partner, Oxalis and Out of the Blue. In 2026, Jones starred as Michael
KeiLyn_Durrel_Jones
Former oilfield in the North Sea
the floating Brent Spar, served as a storage- and tanker-loading buoy and was installed early in the field's construction. The "spar" design of this installation
Brent_oilfield
American martial artist and actor (1940–2026)
executing speedy attacks, conditioning, fighting form drills, and one-step sparring techniques. Norris's first starring role was 1977's Breaker! Breaker! He
Chuck_Norris
Secondary minerals of antimony oxide class
Bitter spar or bitter-spar (German: Bitterspat, Rautenspat) is a trivial, partly obsolete name for at least two carbonate minerals that are relatively
Bitter_spar
Flammes Bourges Olympiacos Sopron DVTK Schio Umana Gdynia Valencia Basket Spar Girona Casademont CBK Mersin Istanbul Istanbul teams Fenerbahçe Opet Galatasaray
2025–26_EuroLeague_Women
Casino Supermarché Intermarché Express Marché U (Système U) Picard Surgelés Spar Rotana Écomarché Zall Kosmin Zerbas Galaxias Tom Economy (closed of 2008
List of supermarket chains in Monaco
List_of_supermarket_chains_in_Monaco
Numbered fleet of the United States Navy
Nimbus Moon (land and sub-surface naval ordnance clearance), and Nimrod Spar, in which a private salvage contractor would clear the canal of the ten sunken
United_States_Sixth_Fleet
1994 video game
frog-people who struggles to regain his kingdom after his throne is usurped; and Spar ("Aspara Gus" in the Japanese version), an emotionless plant girl who can
Breath_of_Fire_II
Type of igneous rock rich in alkali feldspar
in the mineral potassium feldspar (K-spar). It is a dense rock with a phaneritic texture. The abundance of K-spar gives the rock a predominant pink to
Alkali_feldspar_granite
Robotic arm used on Space Shuttles
develop and construct the Canadarm. NRC awarded the manipulator contract to Spar Aerospace (now MDA). Three systems were constructed within this design, development
Canadarm
American mixed martial artist (born 1991)
in the build up to this fight, he got into a physical altercation with sparring partner Orlando Sanchez, who he accused of trying to injure him. Strickland
Sean_Strickland
Index of articles associated with the same name
Potassium feldspar refers to a number of minerals in the feldspar group that contain large amounts of potassium in the crystal lattice. Orthoclase (endmember
Potassium_feldspar
Type of tethered kite
diamond-shaped planform. It is typically constructed with a frame of two crossed spars, a fabric sail (commonly nylon), and a stabilising tail. It is simple to
Diamond_kite
Comic book series by Matt Wagner
to the institution, she gives birth to a daughter named Christine Spar. Christine Spar later publishes a biography of Hunter Rose and his life as Grendel
Grendel_(comics)
International netball series hosted by South Africa
The 2021 SPAR Challenge Series was the sixth Diamond Challenge netball series.. The series was played at the Cape Town International Convention Centre
2021_SPAR_Challenge_Series
Iron-bearing variety of magnesite
known as mesitine spar, ferrous magnesite or brown spar is a variety of magnesite, a carbonate mineral, one of the so-called brown spars, regarded as an
Mesitite
brainres.2012.04.032. PMID 22608068. S2CID 11734819. "buspirone (Rx) - BuSpar, Buspirex, more." Medscape Reference. WebMD. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
Buspirone
1968 Swedish TV series or program
Klart spår till Tomteboda ("Clear Track to Tomteboda") is the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar and Sveriges Radio's Christmas Calendar in 1968
Klart_spår_till_Tomteboda
Oil platform
Devils Tower is a deep-water oil and gas production Spar oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico and named after Devils Tower National Monument. Devils
Devil's_Tower_(oil_platform)
Spar- und Leihkasse Bucheggberg (lit. 'Bucheggberg Savings and Lending Bank'; SLB) is one of the oldest Swiss banks, founded in 1850 and located in Lüterswil-Gächliwil
Spar- und Leihkasse Bucheggberg
Spar-_und_Leihkasse_Bucheggberg
International netball series hosted by South Africa
The 2022 SPAR Diamond Challenge was the seventh Diamond Challenge netball series. It featured South Africa, Scotland and Zimbabwe. Malawi were also due
2022_SPAR_Diamond_Challenge
Austrian savings bank foundation
ERSTE Foundation (in German DIE ERSTE österreichische Spar-Casse Privatstiftung or in short: ERSTE Stiftung) is the biggest Austrian savings bank foundation
ERSTE_Foundation
South African long-distance runner
December 1994) is a South African long-distance runner. In 2018, she won the SPAR Grand Prix 10 km series. She competed in the senior women's race at the 2019
Glenrose_Xaba
Small, fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle
were steam-powered craft dedicated to ramming enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes. Later evolutions launched variants of self-propelled Whitehead
Torpedo_boat
Art Deco building in Dublin, Ireland
electrical store. As of 2023, it is home to a branch of SPAR that is known colloquially as "gay SPAR" by members of the city's LGBT community. This is because
Montague_Burton_Building
Six seat retractable gear single-engine general aviation aircraft
the cantilever-wing Cessna 210s to be inspected for cracks in the spar cap, wing spar, and wing. Aircraft with more than 10,000 hours of airframe time
Cessna_210_Centurion
Sailing rig configuration
fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff. Because of the size and shape of the sail, a gaff
Gaff_rig
Canadian space technology company
observation satellite. In March 1999, MDA bought the space robotics division of Spar Aerospace, manufacturer of the Canadarm, and renamed it MD Robotics. The
MDA_Space
Ancient navigational aid
the "sunstone" could have been one of the minerals (cordierite or Iceland spar) that polarize light and by which the azimuth of the sun can be determined
Sunstone_(medieval)
British multinational oil and gas company
January 2022. Vorfelder, Jochen (1995). Brent Spar oder die Zukunft der Meere: Ein Greenpeace-Report [Brent Spar or the Future of the Seas: A Greenpeace Report]
Shell_plc
Annual road race in Dublin, Ireland
part of the Great Run series of athletics competitions. It is sponsored by SPAR and features both an elite race and a popular race. The 10 km race course
Great_Ireland_Run
SPAR
SPAR
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English sparhauk ‘sparrowhawk’, originating either in the Old English Spearh(e)afoc, used as a personal name, or as a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sparkling
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sparks.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Touch
Girl/Female
Tamil
Love, Care, Sparkling eyes
Girl/Female
Hindu
Love, Care, Sparkling eyes
Girl/Female
Tamil
Spark
Male
Greek
(ΣπάÏτακος) Greek name SPARTAKOS means "from Sparta." This is the name of a Greek slave who lead an uprising against the Roman Republic.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Example, Copy, Torch, Light, Lightened, Sparkling, Shining
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Spark 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English sparewe ‘sparrow’, perhaps for a small, chirpy person, or else for someone bearing some fancied physical resemblance to a sparrow.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Norfolk)
English (mainly Norfolk) : from an Old Norse personal name which Reaney identifies as Guðormr, a compound of guð ‘god’ + ormr ‘snake’, ‘serpent’, but which could be Guðþormr, a compound of guð ‘god’ + þormr ‘to respect or honor’, ‘to spare’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from a diminutive of Middle English sparewe ‘sparrow’ (see Sparrow).Altered form of German Sperling.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Fire-spark; Ember
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a frugal person, from Middle English spare ‘sparing’, ‘frugal’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Dunnock, a nickname from Old English dunnoc ‘hedge sparrow’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure, Middle English sparre.German : metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, from Middle Low German spar ‘beam’, ‘rafter’.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from a diminutive of Fink.German : indirect occupational name for a blacksmith, from a derivative of finken ‘to make sparks’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from Yiddish finkl ‘sparkle’.English : variant spelling of Finkle.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a deliberate alteration of Leatherhead, a habitational name from Leatherhead in Surrey, which is named from Celtic lēd ‘gray’ + rïd ‘ford’, or alternatively a habitational name from Lythwood in Shropshire, which is named from Old English hlið ‘slope’ + wudu ‘wood’.Zachariah Leatherwood, son of John Leatherwood, was born in Prince William Co., VA, about 1735. After the revolutionary war, he settled in Spartanburg Co., SC, with his second wife, Jane Calvert, and many of his fourteen children.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in West Yorkshire near Keighley and in North Yorkshire near Northallerton. Both are named with a river name, derived from the Old English word lēoma ‘gleam’, ‘sparkle’.
SPAR
SPAR
Boy/Male
Tamil
Uddiran | உதà¯à®¤à¯€à®°à®£Â
Lord Vishnu
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Virgie, VIRGEE means "maiden, virgin."
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from a diminutive of Page.
Girl/Female
Tamil
End
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Traditional
A Star; Various Forms
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
One who cannot be Broken
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bravery
Girl/Female
French
Chosen.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
A handfull of sweet basil
Boy/Male
Hindu
Designation
SPAR
SPAR
SPAR
SPAR
SPAR
n.
A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
n.
A small spark.
a.
Sparing; parsimonious.
n.
One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.
n.
Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.
adv.
Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.
n.
A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude.
n.
One who, or that which, sparkles.
superl.
Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
n.
The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Sparidae, a family of spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream.
a.
Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.
n.
The hedge sparrow.
a.
Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.
n.
A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste.
v. t.
To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
adv.
Sparsely.
n.
One of the Sparidae.
a.
Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose.
adv.
In a scattered or sparse manner.