5. (Tenpins) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after
having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the
pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a
single spare.
Spare"ful (?), a. Sparing; chary. [Obs.] Fairfax.
-- Spare"ful*ness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Spare"less, a. Unsparing. Sylvester.
Spare"ly, adv. In a spare manner; sparingly.
Spare"ness, n. [Cf. AS. spærnis frugality.] The quality or state of
being lean or thin; leanness.
Spar"er (?), n. One who spares.
Spare"rib` (?), n. [Spare, a. + rib.] A piece of pork, consisting or
ribs with little flesh on them.
Sparge (?), v. t. [L. spargere; cf. F. asperger.] To sprinkle; to
moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.
Spar`ge*fac"tion (?), n. [L. spargere to strew + facere, factum, to
make.] The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] Swift.
Spar"ger (?), n. [Cf. F. asperger to sprinkle, L. aspergere, spargere.]
A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a
sprinkler.
Spar"hawk` (?), n. [OE. sperhauke.] (Zoöl.) The sparrow hawk. [Prov.
Eng.]
Spar"-hung` (?), a. Hung with spar, as a cave.
Spar"ing (?), a. Spare; saving; frugal; merciful. Bacon.
-- Spar"ing*ly, adv. -- Spar"ing*ness, n.
Spark (?), n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark, sperk; cf.
Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. spragëti, Gr. &?; a bursting with a
noise, Skr. sph&?;rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. Speak.] 1. A small
particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in
combustion.
Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Job v. 7.