unspar

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UK/ʌnˈspɑː/US/ʌnˈspɑɹ/

verb

To take the spars, stakes, bolts or bars from.

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Meanings

verbunspar (third-person singular simple present unspars, present participle unsparring, simple past and past participle unsparred)

present singular third person unspars · participle present unsparring · participle past unsparred · past unsparred

  1. transitiveTo take the spars, stakes, bolts or bars from.

    The lofty palisade unsparred

    1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC

Origin

From un- + spar.

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APA

unspar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspar

MLA

“unspar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unspar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspar.

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