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Survey of London
… even of his last Bill abated. If that Gentleman wou'd have spar'd us but one single word, on your Lordships behalf, to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… pieces of quartz and other variegated fossils, and spar, are dug from Greenhow hill, which has been a rich …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and sale of many beautiful ornaments in marble, fluor-spar, alabaster, and other mineral productions of the Peak; …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… found in the OED Sources: Inventories (mid-period). Cant spar [cantspar; cant spar] 'A hand-mast POLE, fit for making small MASTs or YARDS, … date of use: 1611 Found rated by the HUNDRED of six SCORE, SPAR Sources: Acts, Rates. References: Ogilvie (1865), …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1913 but the following year the mill was used to pulverize spar from Cannington quarry for use in munitions. It was … engines. The mill employed c. 10 people and the ground spar was hauled to Bridgwater station by a steam traction … mill in 1599. 31 Like Town mill it was taken over for spar-crushing during the First World War but was later …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… or semi-prepared TIMBER intended for use as a ship's SPAR. They would therefore have been regarded as part of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… appearance. Large veins of a hard and glossy white spar, called hungry spar rider, frequently occur among the other strata. The … is chiefly quartz, not unfrequently mixed with blende and spar, and imbedded mostly in grey mountain rock, though …