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Spark   /spɑrk/   Listen
noun
Spark  n.  
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."
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." "Small intellectual spark." "Vital spark of heavenly flame." "We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge." "Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark."
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.)


Spark  n.  
1.
A brisk, showy, gay man. "The finest sparks and cleanest beaux."
2.
A lover; a gallant; a beau.


verb
Spark  v. i.  
1.
To sparkle. (Obs.)
2.
(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."





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"Spark" Quotes from Famous Books



... civilized world. A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning bright for a while, and then expiring, giving place to returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent heat, as well as radiant light, with power to enkindle the common mass of human mind; so that when it glimmers in its own decay, and finally goes out in death, no night follows, but it leaves the ...
— Thomas Jefferson • Edward S. Ellis et. al.
... fragment whatever that floats in my memory concerning the great subject of this work to be lost. Though a small particular may appear trifling to some, it will be relished by others; while every little spark adds something to the general blaze: and to please the true, candid, warm admirers of Johnson, and in any degree increase the splendour of his reputation, I bid defiance to the shafts of ridicule, or even of malignity. Showers of them have been discharged ...
— Life of Johnson - Abridged and Edited, with an Introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood • James Boswell
... great warmth, for he had brought a little spark of hope to a heart that before had lain ...
— Lucile Triumphant • Elizabeth M. Duffield
... silent again. Then a bustling little man with a snuffling nose and very cold ears pushed in the door. He walked over quickly to the fire, rubbing his hands as if he intended to produce a spark from them. ...
— Dubliners • James Joyce
... by evaporation and cooled down, about five-sixths of the chlorate of potash crystallizes out. It is purified by redissolving and crystallization, and is sold either in the state of crystals or finely ground. During these operations care must be taken lest a spark should produce the inflammation of the chlorate on contact with any organic substance. Large quantities of potassium chlorate exposed to strong heat in contact with the wood of casks or the timber of a roof ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


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