Gypsum, hydrous calcium sulphate; also, a piece of gypsum. …

Frugal, thrifty. …

(a) Kept in reserve, not ordinarily used; of a period of time: unoccupied, without a previously designated purpose; (b) of land: bare, empty; spar drie, bare, dry land; (c) of speech: brief, scant……

(a) Mercy, leniency; withouten spar; (b) parsimony, a state of extreme frugality. …

(a) The European sparrow hawk (Accipiter nisus); --often used in prov. expressions; also coll. [quot. a1387 vr.]; ?also, a falcon or similar bird of prey [quot. ?c1475]; (b) her. an image of a sparrow……

The calf of the leg. …

(a) A piece of timber used in building; a rafter, beam; a board; -- also coll.; firre sparre; hilinge of sparres, a roof; joininge of sparres, a roof or building; maister sparre, a main beam or……