sparry

American  

[spahr-ee] / ˈspɑr i /

adjective

1. of or relating to the mineral spar.

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sparry British  

/ ˈspɑːrɪ /

adjective

1. geology containing, relating to, or resembling spar

   sparry coal

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Etymology

Origin of sparry

First recorded in 1685–95; spar ³ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The sun shining through, gave it a sparry brilliance which was perfectly magnificent.

From Views a-foot by Taylor, Bayard

This lustre is, however, as shown by examination with the magnet, owing almost exclusively to minute facets of calcareous crystals, which render it rather sparry than crystalline.

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

Oh, for a naiad's sparry bower, To shade me in that glowing hour!

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

This arises from the reflecting surfaces of the sparry structure or minute cracks, all turned in one direction, consequently, giving that luminous appearance only in one point of view.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James

There, the pale pearl and sapphire blue, And ruby red, and em'rald green, Dart from the domes a changing hue, And sparry columns deck the scene.

From The Mysteries of Udolpho by Radcliffe, Ann Ward