Word Meanings - UNSPAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To take the spars, stakes, or bars from. Sir W. Scott.

SPARSELY
In a scattered or sparse manner.
SPARSIM
Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.
SCOTTICIZE
To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish.
SPARSEDLY
Sparsely.
SCOTTISH
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.
SCOTTISH TERRIER
See TERRIER
SPARSE
Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like. (more info) 1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population. Carlyle.
SCOTTERING
The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.
SPARSENESS
The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.
SCOTTICISM
An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen. That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis. Masson.
MASCOT; MASCOTTE
A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.
SWEEPSTAKES
The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed. 3. A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered. (more