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spencer

-1 n. குறுங் கம்பளிச்சட்டை, குறுகிய இருமார்பு வரிச்சட்டை, பெண்டிர் உள்ளுடுப்பு.-2 n. (கப்.) புயற்காலச் சிறுபாய்.


Spen"cer, n. Etym: [OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser.] Defn: One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] Promptorium Parvulorum. Spen"cer, n. Etym: [From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.] Defn: A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton. Spen"cer, n. (Naut.) Defn: A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]. Spencer mast, a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. R. H. Dana, Jr. Spen"cer, n. Etym: [OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser.] Defn: One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] Promptorium Parvulorum. Spen"cer, n. Etym: [From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.] Defn: A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton. Spen"cer, n. (Naut.) Defn: A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]. Spencer mast, a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. R. H. Dana, Jr.


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