Spark , v. i. (Elec.) To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at the commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes.
Spark , v. i. To play the spark, beau, or lover.
A sure sign that his
master was courting, or, as it is termed, sparking, within.
W.
Irwing.
Spark , v. i. To sparkle. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Spark , n. [Icel.
sparkr lively, sprightly.]
1. A brisk, showy, gay man.
The
finest sparks and cleanest beaux.
Prior. 2. A lover; a gallant; a beau.
Spark (?), n. [OE.
sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark, sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. spragëti, 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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