English Dictionary: spark | by the DICT Development Group |
7 results for spark | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark, sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag[89]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. [bd]If any spark of life be yet remaining.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Small intellectual spark.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Vital spark of heavenly flame.[b8] --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 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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPARK supplied by {Praxis Critical Systems} (originally by PVL). {Home (http://www.sparkada.com)}. (2001-07-12) |