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  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.




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