heavy spar
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of heavy spar
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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Jimmy moved his wheel another spoke, and sail and heavy spar swung over, while the Cetacea, coming round, buried her lee deck in the sea.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
For the sake of completeness I may say that many crystals cleave with unequal facility in different directions: heavy spar presents an example of this kind of cleavage.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
Jimmy moved the heavy spar, the boat lifted one side an inch or two, and Moran, lying on the deck, leaned down toward the water.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
Korable, remarkable for its many caverns, studded with crystals of translucent quartz and amethyst, the former, together with fluor and heavy spar, being met with, too, in the eastern parts of the mountain.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
He was sighting a gun when a round shot cut the spanker boom, and a fragment of the heavy spar knocked him senseless.
From The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 by Paine, Ralph Delahaye
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