sparseness

[Eng.sparse-ne .) The quality or state of being sparse; thinne ; scattered state; as, the sparsene of the population. *spar-sim, adv . [Lat.] Scatteredly, here and there. spart, s. [ESPARTO.] spart-gra , s. Bot.: Spartina strict a. 3777 * spăş-măt-Ic, *spas-mat-icke, *spas-matic-al, a . [As if from a Lat. spasmatic us .] 1. Of the nature of or pertaining to spasm, spasmodic. "The ligaments and sinews of my love to you have been so strong that they were never yet subject to such spas matical shrink ings and convulsions." -Howell: Letters, bk. ii., let. 20. 2. Suffering from or liable to spasms. "A soveraigne remedie for them that bee bursten or spasmaticke, that is to say, vexed with the crampe."-P. Holland: Pliny, bk. xx., ch. vi.