Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as spark-arrester, 3.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A spark arrester.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun wooer; one who courts
  • noun spark arrestor

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack

Etymologies

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spark (lover) + -er

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Examples

  • Yes, I think Matt, it's a great question and I'll tell you in some ways, we're still developing our strategy, but clearly on our new products and that's why you heard me talk about the study that we're putting forward, this observational study, associated with ABThera, compared to the standard of care, I'll call the sparker system.

    unknown title 2009

  • Both Maryland packages apparently contained a battery and an electric "sparker", but no other explosive material.

    Package that ignited in Washington DC postal room 'similar to Maryland ones' 2011

  • She says she knows why the motor goes / The 'sparker' is awfully strong. ")

    Salon 2009

  • I carry a Ferrocerium sparker, several cotton balls soaked in Vaseline, and occasionally carry a small stick of sap wood.

    What type of fire starter do you carry in your pack? 2009

  • I carry a Ferrocerium sparker, several cotton balls soaked in Vaseline, and occasionally carry a small stick of sap wood.

    What type of fire starter do you carry in your pack? 2009

  • Question: I can build a fire with a steel knife and a mag sparker block in the pissing rain 30 seconds.

    What's the Best Survival Weapon? 2009

  • Question: I can build a fire with a steel knife and a mag sparker block in the pissing rain 30 seconds.

    What's the Best Survival Weapon? 2009

  • But, as it turns out, pioneering research into volcanic lightning is making his sparker seem not so crazy after all, and now a new generation of scientists believe volcanoes may offer up clues to the process of preparing the Earth for life.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

  • But, as it turns out, pioneering research into volcanic lightning is making his sparker seem not so crazy after all, and now a new generation of scientists believe volcanoes may offer up clues to the process of preparing the Earth for life.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

  • Critics of Stanley Miller had often pointed to his use of an electric sparker as a highly implausible re-creation of the dynamics of early Earth.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

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