SPARRY
Spar"ry, a. Etym: [From Spar.]
Defn: Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar;
having a confused crystalline structure; spathose. Sparry iron
(Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a).
— Sparry limestone (Min.), a coarsely crystalline marble.
SPARSE Sparse, a. [Compar. Sparser; superl. Sparsest.] Etym: [L. sparsus, p.p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. Asperse, Disperse.]
1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population. Carlyle.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; — applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.
SPARSE
Sparse, v. t. Etym: [L. sparsus, p.p. of spargere to scatter.]
Defn: To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Spenser.
SPARSEDLY
Spars"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: Sparsely. [Obs.]