Webster's Dictionary 1913

7696

Sparkish

Spark″ish, a. 1. Like a spark; airy; gay. W. Walsh.2. Showy; well-dresed; fine. L'Estrange.

7697

Sparkle

Spar″kle (?), n. [Dim. of spark.] 1. A little spark; a scintillation.As fire is wont to quicken and goFrom a sparkle sprungen amiss,Till a city brent up is. Chaucer.The shock wa...

7698

Sparkle (2)

Spar″kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sparkled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sparkling (?).] [See Sparkle, n., Spark of fire.] 1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to...

7699

Sparkle (3)

Spar″kle, v. t. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. “Did sparkle forth great light.” Spenser.

7700

Sparkle (4)

Spar″kle, v. t. [Cf. Sparble.] 1. To disperse.The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise. State Papers.2. To scatter on or over. Purchas.

7701

Sparkler

Spar″kler (?), n. One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person.

7702

Sparkler (2)

Spar″kler, n. One who, or that which, sparkles.

7703

Sparkler (3)

Spar″kler, n.(Zoöl.) A tiger beetle.

7704

Sparklet

Spark″let (?), n. A small spark.

7705

Sparkliness

Spark″li‐ness (?), n. Vivacity. Aubrey.

7706

Sparkling

Spar″kling (?), a. Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. — Spar″kling‐ly, adv. — Spar″kling‐ness, n.Syn. — Brilliant; shi...

7707

Sparling

Spar″ling (?), n. [Akin to G. spierling, spiering, D. spiering: cf. F. éperlan.] (Zoöl.) (a) The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus). (b) A young salmon. (c) A tern.

7708

Sparlyre

Spar″lyre′ (?), n. [AS. spear-lira.] The calf of the leg. Wyclif (Deut. xxviii. 35).

7709

Sparoid

Spa″roid (?; 277), a. [L. sparus the gilthead + -oid: cf. F. sparoïde.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Sparidæ, a family of spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheep...

7710

Sparpiece

Spar″piece′ (?), n.(Arch.) The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt.

7711

Sparpoil

Spar″poil (?), v. t. [See Sparble.] To scatter; to spread; to disperse.

7712

Sparrow

Spar″row (?), n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. spörr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; — originally, probably, the quiverer or flu...

7713

Sparrowgrass

Spar″row‐grass′ (?), n. [Corrupted from asparagus.] Asparagus. See the Note under Asparagus.

7714

Sparrowwort

Spar″row‐wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina).

7715

Sparry

Spar″ry (?), a. [From Spar.] Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose.Sparry iron(Min.), siderite. See Side...

7716

Sparse

Sparse (?), a. [Compar.Sparser (?); superl.Sparsest.] [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. Asperse, Disperse.] 1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and ther...

7717

Sparse (2)

Sparse, v. t. [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to scatter.] To scatter; to disperse. Spenser.

7718

Sparsedly

Spars″ed‐ly (?), adv. Sparsely.

7719

Sparsely

Sparse″ly, adv. In a scattered or sparse manner.

7720

Sparseness

Sparse″ness, n. The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.

7721

Sparsim

‖Spar″sim (?), adv. [L., fr. spargere to scatter.] Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.

7722

Spartan

Spar″tan (?), a. [L. Spartanus.] Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey. — n. A native or inhabitan...