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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Spark \Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark,
     sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag["e]ti, Gr. ?
     a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph?rj to crackle, to thunder.
     Cf. Speak.]
     1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is
        emitted by a body in combustion.
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              Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
                                                    --Job v. 7.
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     2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
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     3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or
        into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. ``If
        any spark of life be yet remaining.'' --Shak. ``Small
        intellectual spark.'' --Macaulay. ``Vital spark of
        heavenly flame.'' --Pope.
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              We have here and there a little clear light, some
              sparks of bright knowledge.           --Locke.
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              Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     Spark arrester, a contrivance to prevent the escape of
        sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used
        in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called
        also spark consumer. [U.S.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Spark \Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark,
     sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag["e]ti, Gr. ?
     a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph?rj to crackle, to thunder.
     Cf. Speak.]
     1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is
        emitted by a body in combustion.
  
              Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
                                                    --Job v. 7.
  
     2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
  
     3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or
        into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. ``If
        any spark of life be yet remaining.'' --Shak. ``Small
        intellectual spark.'' --Macaulay. ``Vital spark of
        heavenly flame.'' --Pope.
  
              We have here and there a little clear light, some
              sparks of bright knowledge.           --Locke.
  
              Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
  
     Spark arrester, a contrivance to prevent the escape of
        sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used
        in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called
        also spark consumer. [U.S.]

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