spare

v. i. 1. To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious. [ 1913 Webster ]

I, who at some times spend, at others spare,
Divided between carelessness and care. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will not spare in the day of vengeance. Prov. vi. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To desist; to stop; to refrain. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Sparer superl. Sparest; -- not used in all the senses of the word. ] [ AS. spaer sparing. Cf. Spare, v. t. ] 1. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was spare, but discreet of speech. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time. [ 1913 Webster ]

If that no spare clothes he had to give. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Slow. [ Obs. or prov. Eng. ] Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Killing for sacrifice, without any spare. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Parsimony; frugal use. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Poured out their plenty without spite or spare. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which has not been used or expended. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Tenpins) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare. For the meaning in modern bowling, see sense 6. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

6. (Bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in two bowls, which entitles the bowler to add the number of pins knocked down in the next bowl to the score for the frame in which the spare occurred. [ PJC ]

a. Sparing; chary. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Spare"ful*ness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

a. Unsparing. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a spare manner; sparingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. spaernis frugality. ] The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who spares. [ 1913 Webster ]