spar box
1Spar box — A spar box is an example of a type of folk art crafted by miners with the minerals and crystals they sometimes found within the mountains.External links* [http://www.thingsmagazine.net/text/t17/sparboxes.htm The Story of Spar Boxes] * [http://www …
2Spar Hotel Garda (Goteborg) — Spar Hotel Garda country: Sweden, city: Goteborg (Garda) Spar Hotel Garda Location This hotel is located just outside the north eastern corner of the city, approximately fifteen minutes walk from downtown. The hotel is situated next to a busy… …
3spar — spar1 [spär] n. [< MDu or MLowG, akin to OE spær(stan), gypsum, chalk] any shiny, crystalline, nonmetallic mineral that cleaves easily into chips or flakes spar2 [spär] n. [ME sparre < ON sparri or MDu sparre < IE base * sper , pole, rod …
4Spar — Spar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sparred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sparring}.] [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esparer to kick, F. [ e]parer, or Icel. sperra to stretch out the legs, to struggle.] 1. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do. [1913 Webster] …
5box — [n] container, often square or rectangular bin, carton, case, casket, chest, coffer, crate, pack, package, portmanteau, receptacle, trunk; concept 494 box [v1] place in square or rectangular container case, confine, crate, encase, pack, package,… …
6Box — Box, v. i. To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar. [1913 Webster] …
7Spar (aviation) — In an aircraft, the spar is the main structural member of the wing, running widthways across the span of the wing, at right angles (or thereabouts) to the fuselage. The spar carries all of the forces of both lift, and the weight of the wings on… …
8box — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chest, case, carton, container; coffin. See receptacle. v. fight, spar, come to blows. See contention. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. carton, crate, case, receptacle; see case 7 . • in a box*, Syn. in… …
9spar — I [[t]spɑr[/t]] n. v. sparred, spar•ring 1) naut. navig. a stout pole such as those used for masts; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like 2) aer. a principal lateral member of the framework of a wing of an airplane 3) naut. navig. to provide or… …
10spar — {{11}}spar (n.1) stout pole, c.1300, rafter, from M.L.G. or M.Du. sparre, from P.Gmc. *sparron (Cf. O.E. *spere spear, lance, O.N. sperra rafter, beam ), from PIE root *sper spear, pole (see SPEAR (Cf. spear)). Nautical use …