sparrow wort (sparowert)

1. Any plant of the genus Pa er in a.-2. A South African species of heath, Erica Pa er inæ. sparry (spär'i), a. [ As the rude cavern's sparry sides When past the miner's taper glides. J. Baillie . The rock. is a sparry iron ore, which turns reddish brown on exposure to the weather. J. Croll , Climate and Time, p. 308. Sparry iron, sparry iron ore, a carbonate of iron: same as siderite, 2. The clay-ironstones, or the clay-bands and black-bands of the coal and other formations, belong to this family of iron ores. sparsate (spär'sāt), a. [