calc-spar

or calc·spar

[ kalk-spahr ]

/ ˈkælkˌspɑr /

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noun

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Origin of calc-spar

1815–25; <Swedish kalkspat calc-spar; t>r by association with spar³; see calc-

Words nearby calc-spar

calcium propionate, calcium silicate, calcium sulfide, calcrete, calc-sinter, calc-spar, calc-tufa, calculable, calculate, calculated, calculated risk

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How to use calc-spar in a sentence

Spar has a new book titled The Baby Business: How Money, Science and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception.
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Asked if the ability to reproduce should be a human right, Spar said she would leave that for the philosophers to think about.
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction|Eleanor Clift|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But an island any less menacing would fail to breed a villain who could hope to spar with James Bond.
Japan's James Bond Villain Ghost Town|Nina Strochlic|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Cruz followed Lee on the Senate floor to spar with McCain.
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee: When Freshmen Attack|Patricia Murphy|May 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

By Monday, however, Santorum had learned to deflect questions on hot-button social issues rather than spar with potential voters.
Santorum’s New Hampshire Expectations Plummet as Iowa Glow Wears Off|Lois Romano|January 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I hain't made a cent of profit f'r two months, and I calc'late on a profit of two hunderd and fifty a month.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
I don't want to burn you, and I calc'late the figger you're payin' is clost to bein' fair.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
Presently the bowman uttered a thrilling shout, for, through the turmoil of dashing spray, he saw the man clinging to a spar!
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
The canvas was torn from the yards, and spar after spar fell, until nothing but the masts remained.
The Whale and the Grasshopper|Seumas O'Brien
And yit—sounds mighty funny, too—I calc'late to be as fond of Marthy as ever I was.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland

British Dictionary definitions for calc-spar

calcspar

/ (ˈkælkˌspɑː) /

noun

another name for calcite

Word Origin for calcspar

C19: partial translation of Swedish kalkspat, from kalk lime (ultimately from Latin calx) + spat spar ³

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