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to spar

9.9

To fit a ship with poles that hold the sails

verb
/spɑr/

Specialized

: aparejar

The crew decided to spar the vessel with sturdy, lightweight beams to ensure stability while at sea.

Examples

So now I get to spar with Gurney with multiple current, and that will come back.
He came down to spar with one of my fires at a time, my old gym, and it came down and it was the first time I'd seen him in the flesh.
The sailors worked together to spar the ship before setting sail for the journey across the ocean.
To prepare the sailing boat for the race, they needed to spar it with new poles and support beams.

Compounds

bitter spar

Specialized

9.9

A pale mineral containing calcium and magnesium that people use to make ceramics, get magnesium and improve soil

Greenland spar

Specialized

9.9

A white or clear mineral used to get fluorine

heavy spar

Specialized

9.9

A white mineral mined to get the metal barium

Iceland spar

Specialized

9.9

A clear mineral crystal that splits light into two rays that people use in optical experiments

spar buoy

Specialized

8.8

A tall floating pole in the sea that marks locations or hazards

zinc spar

Specialized

9.9

A pale mineral often mined to make the metal zinc

How Equipped

to spar

Specialized

9.9

to outfit

13 3.7

to fit

127 1.6

Surface Forms

spar infinitive

sparred past

sparred past participle

sparring present participle

spars third person singular

Etymology

Spar as a verb meaning 'to furnish a ship with spars' simply comes from the noun spar (the ship's pole), so it means 'to give a ship its poles'. That's why to spar a vessel is to put in the masts and booms that hold the sails.