spar
- Verb. (obsolete, or) to bolt, bar.
- Noun. A stout pole.
- Noun. (nautical) A general term denoting any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
- Noun. (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
- Verb. To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
- Noun. (context, mineralogy) any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent blee, which are easily cleft.
- Noun. (context, mineralogy) any crystal with no readily discernible faces.
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