row vs spar

row

verb
  • To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. 

  • To transport in a boat propelled with oars. 

  • To be moved by oars. 

  • To argue noisily. 

noun
  • A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom. 

  • A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc. 

  • An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back. 

  • A noisy argument. 

  • An act or instance of rowing. 

  • A continual loud noise. 

spar

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

  • To contest in words; to wrangle. 

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

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

noun
  • Any crystal with readily discernible faces. 

  • A rafter of a roof. 

  • A thick pole or piece of wood. 

  • 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. 

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