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sparring

Noun

∙ The act of sparring.

Verb

∙ present participle of spar

spar

Noun

∙ A rafter of a roof.
∙ A thick pole or piece of wood.
∙ A bar of wood used to fasten a door. obsolete
∙ A general term denoting any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff. nautical
∙ A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil. aeronautics

Verb

∙ to bolt, bar. obsolete or dialectal
∙ To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars. transitive

Verb

∙ To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
∙ To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
∙ To contest in words; to wrangle.

Noun

∙ any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent blee, which are easily cleft mineralogy
∙ any crystal with no readily discernible faces. mineralogy