• noun:   making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer
• noun:   a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
• noun:   any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
• verb:   furnish with spars
• verb:   fight verbally

  Example: "They were sparring all night"

• verb:   box lightly
• verb:   fight with spurs

  Example: "The gamecocks were sparring"

• name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #60093)

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