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Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granul…

Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.

A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.

A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.

A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, e…

A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.

To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar.

Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes…

An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar.

A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light.

The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or r…

A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuc…

A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides…

A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work.

A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in buil…

A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive be…

A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.

That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color fr…