- a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- a principal lateral member of the framework of a wing of an airplane.
- to provide or make with spars.
- (of boxers) to make the motions of attack and defense with the arms and fists, especially as a part of training.
- to box, especially with light blows.
- to strike or attack with the feet or spurs, as gamecocks do.
- to bandy words; dispute.
- a motion of sparring.
- a boxing match.
- a dispute.
- any of various more or less lustrous crystalline minerals, as fluorspar or feldspar.
- (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
- any piece of nautical gear resembling a pole and used as a mast, boom, gaff, etc
- (as modifier)
- a principal supporting structural member of an aerofoil that runs from tip to tip or root to tip
- to fight using light blows, as in training
- to dispute or argue
- (of gamecocks) to fight with the feet or spurs
- an unaggressive fight
- an argument or wrangle
- a close friend
- any of various minerals, such as feldspar or calcite, that are light-coloured, microcrystalline, transparent to translucent, and easily cleavable
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