heavy spar

American  

noun

Mineralogy.

1. barite.

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heavy spar British  

noun

1. another name for barytes

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Etymology

Origin of heavy spar

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

It would not come, and the heavy spar struck them as it jerked in board, flinging Frank off into the well.

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold

This locality is remarkable as yielding galena, heavy spar, blende, calcareous spar, fluor spar, pyrites, coal, and salt.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

Cawk, kawk, n. a miner's familiar name for heavy spar.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

On feeling about we soon discovered a man, his body pressed down on the deck by a heavy spar, and partly concealed by the canvas.

From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by Durden, James

The boatswain's whistle sounded, and starting their anchor song the men tramped round and round, the ropes tightened, and the heavy spar was parbuckled up on to the deck.

From Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)