English Explanatory Dictionary

sparstone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. spar.

Word forms

sparstone sparstones

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstone From Middle English sparston, from Old English spærstān (“gypsum, chalk”). Equivalent to spar (“light-colored mineral”) + stone. Related to Low German spar (“spar”), German Sparkalk (“plaster”).

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