mall vs spar

mall

noun
  • A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall. 

  • A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. 

  • A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade. 

  • An enclosed shopping centre. 

verb
  • to build up with the development of shopping malls 

  • to shop at the mall 

  • to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise 

spar

noun
  • A thick pole or piece of wood. 

  • Any crystal with readily discernible faces. 

  • A rafter of a roof. 

  • A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil. 

  • A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting. 

  • Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft. 

  • Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff. 

verb
  • To contest in words; to wrangle. 

  • To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars. 

  • To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat. 

  • To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do. 

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