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spark |
7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spark \Spark\, v. i. (Elec.) To produce, or give off sparks, as a dynamo at the commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spark \Spark\, n. [Icel. sparkr lively, sprightly.] 1. A brisk, showy, gay man. The finest sparks and cleanest beaux. --Prior. 2. A lover; a gallant; a beau. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spark \Spark\, v. i. To sparkle. [Obs.] --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spark \Spark\, v. i. To play the spark, beau, or lover. A sure sign that his master was courting, or as it is termed, sparking, within. --W. Irwing. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spark \Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS spearca akin to D. spark, sperk; cf Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag["e]ti, Gr ? a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph?rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf {Speak}.] 1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. --Job v. 7. 2. A small shining body, or transient light; a sparkle. 3. That which like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action a feeble germ; an elementary principle. ``If any spark of life be yet remaining.'' --Shak. ``Small intellectual spark.'' --Macaulay. ``Vital spark of heavenly flame.'' --Pope. We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge. --Locke. Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark. --Wordsworth. {Spark arrester}, a contrivance to prevent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also {spark consumer}. [U.S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spark n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: {glint}, {flicker}] 2: brightness and animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye" [syn: {sparkle}, {light}] 3: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field [syn: {discharge}, {arc}, {electric arc}, {electric discharge}] 4: a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency" 5: a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction v 1: actuate; "trigger a reaction" [syn: {trip}, {actuate}, {trigger}, {activate}, {set off}, {spark off}, {trigger off}, {touch off}] 2: emit or produce sparks From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: SPARK An annotated subset of {Ada} from {PVL} Ltd. (1994-11-23)
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