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O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones.

Shak.

6. Slow. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] Grose.

Spare (?), n. 1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint. [Obs.]

Killing for sacrifice, without any spare.

Holland.

2. Parsimony; frugal use. [Obs.] Bacon.

Poured out their plenty without spite or spare.

Spenser.

3. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket. [Obs.]

4. That which has not been used or expended.

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.