{ Spar"age (?; 48), Spar"a*gus (?), Spar"a*grass` (?) }, n. Obs. or
corrupt forms of Asparagus.
Spar"ble (?), v. t. [OF. esparpiller to scatter, F. éparpiller.] To
scatter; to disperse; to rout. [Obs.]
The king's host was sparbled and chased.
Fabyan.
Spare (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sparing.]
[AS. sparian, fr. spær spare, sparing, saving; akin to D. & G. sparen,
OHG. spar&?;n, Icel. & Sw. spara, Dan. spare See Spare, a.] 1. To use
frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain
or keep unused; to save. "No cost would he spare." Chaucer.
[Thou] thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare.
Milton.
He that hath knowledge, spareth his words.
Prov. xvii. 27.