SPOROZOITE
Spo`ro*zo"ite, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle- shaped or somewhat amoboid spore, esp. one of those produced by division of the passive spores into which the zygote divides. The sporozoites reproduce asexually.
SPORRAN
Spor"ran, n. Etym: [Gael. sporan.]
Defn: A large purse or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur on, worn in front of the kilt by Highlanders when in full dress.
SPORT
Sport, n. Etym: [Abbreviated frm disport.]
1. That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement. It is as sport a fool do mischief. prov. x. 23. Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight. Sir P. Sidney. Think it but a minute spent in sport. Shak.
2. Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision. Then make sport at me; then let me be your jest.Shak.
3. That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. Flitting leaves, the sport of every wind. Dryden. Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned pasions. John Clarke.
4. Play; idle jingle. An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage would meet with small applause. Broome.
5. Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked.