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| sparring | |
| 1. n. The act of one who spars. |  |
| We'll do some sparring to apply what we've discussed. | |
| spar | |
| 1. n. A rafter of a roof. | |
| 2. n. A thick pole or piece of wood. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door. | |
| 4. n. (nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff. | |
| 5. n. (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil. | |
| 6. v. (obsolete, or dialectal) to bolt, bar. | |
| 7. v. To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars. | |
| 8. v. To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat. | |
| 9. v. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do. | |
| 10. v. To contest in words; to wrangle. | |
| 11. n. (mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft. | |
| 12. n. (mineralogy) Any crystal with no readily discernible faces. | |
