- 1. n. One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. Source: opted
- 2. n. A short jacket worn by men and by women. Source: opted
- 3. 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]. Source: opted
- 4. One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] Promptorium Parvulorum. A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton. 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. Source: webster
- 5. One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.]Promptorium Parvulorum. Source: adambom
- 6. n. English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903) Source: ecdict
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