Spar  (3),  to  box,  wrangle.  (F.  — Tent.)
Used  of  fighting-cocks.  —  O.  F.  esparer,  '  to
fling  or  yerk  out  with  the  heels;'  Cot-
Low  G.  sparre,  sb.,  a  struggling,  striving ;
G.  sick  sperren,  to  struggle  against,  resist,
oppose.  Allied  to  Skt.  sphur,  to  throb,
struggle ;  Gk.  analpciv,  davalpuv,  to  strug-
gle convulsively ;  Russ.  sporite,  to  quarrel,
wrangle.     0/SPAR.)

Spare,  frugal,  lean.  (E.)  A.  S.  spar,
spare;  whence  sparian,  verb,  to  spare.  +
Icel.  sparr,  Dan.  spar-som,  Swed.  spar-sam,
G.  spar-lick,  thrifty;  Gk.  arrapvos,  rare.
(^  SPAR,  to  scatter.)  !Der.  spar-ing,
spare-rib;  spare,  verb,  from  A.  S.  sparian
(above).
Spark  (1),  a  small  particle  of  fire.  (E.)
A.  S.  spearca.  +  O.  Du.  sparcke;  Low
G.  sparke.  So  called  from  the  crackling
of  a  fire-brand,  which  throws  out  sparks;
cf.  Icel.  spraka,  to  crackle,  Lith.  sprageti,
to  crackle  like  burning  fire-wood,  Gk.
<r<f>apayos,  a  crackling.  (-/SPARG,  from
VSPAR,  to  quiver.)

Spark  (2),  a  gay  young  fellow.  (Scand.)
The  same  as  Wiltsh.  sprack,  lively.  -  Icel.
sparkr,  sprightly,  also  sprakr;  Swed.  dial.
sprdker,    sprak,  '  sprdg,    talkative.     Orig.
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SPARROW.
•noisy;'  see  Spark  (i).  Der.  sprag,
i.  e.  sprack,  used  by  Sir  Hugh,  Merry
Wives,  iv.  I.  84.
Sparrow.  (E.)  A.  S.  spearwa.  +  Icel.
sporr,  Dan.  spurv,  Swed.  sparf,  O.  H.  G.
sparo,  G.  sper-ling.  Lit.  'flutterer;'  from
VSPAR,  to  quiver.  Der.  sparrow-hawk ;
and  see  spavin.
Sparse,  thinly  scattered.  (L.)  L.  sparsus,

»p.  of  spargere,  to  scatter,  sprinkle.    Cf.
ikt.  sprif,  to  sprinkle.  (^SPARG,  from
VSPAR,  to  scatter;  Gk.  evcipciv.)

asperse,  to  cast  calumny  upon.  (L.)
From  L.  aspersus,  pp.  of  aspergere,  to
besprinkle.— L.  as-  (for  ad);  spargere,  to
scatter.
