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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spare \Spare\, n. 1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint. [Obs.] Killing for sacrifice, without any spare. --Holland. 2. Parsimony; frugal use [Obs.] --Bacon. Poured out their plenty without spite or spare. --Spenser. 3. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket. [Obs.] 4. That which has not been used or expended. 5. (Tenpins) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spare \Spare\, v. i. 1. To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious. I, who at some times spend, at others spare, Divided between carelessness and care --Pope. 2. To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance. He will not spare in the day of vengeance. --Prov. vi 34. 3. To desist; to stop; to refrain. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spare \Spare\, a. [Compar. {Sparer}; superl. {Sparest}; -- not used in all the senses of the word.] [AS. sp[ae]r sparing. Cf {Spare}, v. t. ] 1. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as a spare diet. 2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary. He was spare, but discreet of speech. --Carew. 3. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted or not used superfluous; as I have no spare time. If that no spare clothes he had to give --Spenser. 4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as a spare anchor; a spare bed or room 5. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt. O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones. --Shak. 6. Slow. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Grose. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spare \Spare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spared}; p. pr & vb n. {Sparing}.] [AS. sparian, fr sp[ae]r spare, sparing, saving; akin to D. & G. sparen, OHG. spar?n, Icel. & Sw spara, Dan. spare See {Spare}, a.] 1. To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save. ``No cost would he spare.'' --Chaucer. [Thou] thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare. --Milton. He that hath knowledge, spareth his words --Prov. xvii. 27. 2. To keep to one's self to forbear to impart or give Be pleased your plitics to spare. --Dryden. Spare my sight the pain Of seeing what a world of tears it costs you --Dryden. 3. To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to Spare us good Lord. --Book of Common Prayer. Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial visages. --Milton. Man alone can whom he conquers spare. --Waller. 4. To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use or duty. All the time he could spare from the necessary cares of his weighty charge, he ?estowed on . . . serving of God. --Knolles. 5. To deprive one's self of as by being frugal; to do without to dispense with to give up to part with Where angry Jove did never spare One breath of kind and temperate air. --Roscommon. I could have better spared a better man. --Shak. {To spare one's self}. a To act with reserve. [Obs.] Her thought that a lady should her spare. --Chaucer. b To save one's self labor, punishment, or blame. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spare adj 1: thin and fit "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise" [syn: {trim}] 2: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: {excess}, {extra}, {redundant}, {supererogatory}, {superfluous}, {supernumerary}, {surplus}] 3: just sufficient; "the library had a spare but efficient look" 4: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: {free}] 5: kept in reserve especially for emergency use "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts" [syn: {reserve(a)}] 6: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: {bare(a)}, {scanty}] n 1: an extra component of a machine or other apparatus [syn: {spare part}] 2: an extra wheel and tire [syn: {fifth wheel}] 3: a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls v 1: refrain from harming [syn: {save}] 2: save or relieve from an experience or action "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally" 3: to give up as not strictly needed: he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey. [syn: {give up}, {part with}, {dispense with}] 4: use frugally or carefully
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