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Meanings of spar in English
Making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer.
Usage of spar in English
1
Figure 6 shows the way of rigging the gaff to the spar.
2
The Boom is the movable spar at the bottom of the sail.
3
Venezuela and Colombia often spar over Colombia's conflict spilling over the frontier.
4
It was a long spar-thevery thing I was in search of.
5
The man was placed horizontally on a base board beneath the spar.
6
He'd come in once before, thinking he could spar from the get-go.
7
I leaned toward caution because I'd never seen him spar with anyone.
8
Bolts should not be hammered in, as that may split the spar.
9
We were astonished at the ease with which the spar was lifted.
10
The pair just mentioned were seen walking on the spar deck forward.
11
In an instant the spar tottered and, with a crash, fell alongside.
12
There was not a spar nor other piece of wreckage in sight.
13
The stalactites here are very beautiful, assuming the structure of satin spar.
14
At the door they rushed, bearing the spar as a battering ram.
15
Instinctively I clutched at a spar within reach, and clung to it.
16
Dusty's service of steak-pudding is rather in the nature of a spar.
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common