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Meanings of heavy spar in English

Catalan
espat pesant

A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium.

        espat pesant
        Usage of heavy spar in English
        1
        Sure enough, Oliver appeared at the moment, dragging a heavy spar behind him.
        The Crew of the Water Wagtail
        2
        A mixture of two parts of heavy spar and one of the plumbous compound.
        Field's Chromatography / or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as ...
        3
        Ordinary white lead is often mixed with considerable quantities of heavy spar, gypsum, or chalk.
        Field's Chromatography / or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as ...
        4
        A heavy spar, which had doubtless been washed from the sinking ship, floated alongside of us.
        The Cryptogram: A Story of Northwest Canada
        5
        Slight as he looked, he carried the heavy spar up the pathway and deposited it against the side of the house.
        Michael Penguyne; Or, Fisher Life on the Cornish Coast
        6
        On feeling about we soon discovered a man, his body pressed down on the deck by a heavy spar, and partly concealed by the canvas.
        Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
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