sparry
English
Etymology
spar + -y
Adjective
sparry (comparative more sparry, superlative most sparry)
- abundant in spar (the mineral)
- resembling spar (the mineral)
- 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], OCLC 277545047:
- 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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Derived terms
- sparry iron
- sparry limestone
Anagrams
- pray'rs