Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spark"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spark \Spark\, v. i. (Elec.)
To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at the
commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spark \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spark \Spark\, v. i.
To sparkle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spark \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.
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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spark
n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: {flicker}, {glint}]
2: brightness and animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle
in his eye" [syn: {sparkle}, {light}]
3: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric
field [syn: {discharge}, {arc}, {electric arc}, {electric
discharge}]
4: a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might
become stronger; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of
decency"
5: Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918) [syn: {Spark},
{Muriel Spark}, {Dame Muriel Spark}, {Muriel Sarah Spark}]
6: a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by
burning material or by friction
v 1: actuate; "trigger a reaction" [syn: {trip}, {actuate}, {trigger},
{activate}, {set off}, {spark off}, {trigger off}, {touch
off}]
2: emit or produce sparks; A high tension wire, brought down by
a storm, can continue to spark."
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