1.Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
2.Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary. "He was spare, but discreet of speech."
3.Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time. "If that no spare clothes he had to give."
4.Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
5.Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt. "O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones."
6.Slow. (Obs. or prov. Eng.)
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