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Spencer
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] Promptorium Parvulorum.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.