n.
1.any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
2.a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
3.making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms spar v.
1.furnish with spars
2.fight with spurs
3.box lightly
4.fight verbally
Idiom of the Day
cut (someone) down to size
to prove that someone is not as good as he or she thinks
I cut my colleague down to size when I criticized what he said at the meeting.