spar

n 1: any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar)

that are light in color and transparent or translucent

and cleavable

2: a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support

rigging

v 1: fight with spurs; of gamecocks in cockfights

2: box lightly

3: fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"

SPAR

Early system on Datatron 200 series. Listed in CACM 2(5):16

(May 1959).