A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire. / A short or small burst of electrical discharge. / A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.

(transitive, figuratively) To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc). / (transitive) To light; to kindle. / (intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.

A gallant; a foppish young man. / A beau, lover.

(intransitive, archaic) To woo, court; to act the gallant or beau.

A rafter of a roof. / A thick pole or piece of wood. / (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door. / (nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.

(obsolete or dialectal) To bolt, bar. / (transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.

To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat. / To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do. / To contest in words; to wrangle.

A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.

(mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft. / (mineralogy) Any crystal with readily discernible faces.

The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom. / (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.