sparry

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

spar +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

sparry (comparative more sparry, superlative most sparry)

  1. abundant in spar (the mineral)
  2. resembling spar (the mineral)
    • 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:
      A thousand shapes they wore, those islet stones, […]
      Some rich with yellow lichen’s gold,
      Or ruddier tinged, or grey, or silver-white,
      Or sparkling sparry radiance to the sun.

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