Ever need a fact or quotation on sparking? Designed for speechwriters, journalists, writers, researchers, students, professors, teachers, historians, academics, scrapbookers, trivia buffs and word lovers, this is the largest book ever created for this single word. It represents a compilation from a variety of sources with a linguistic emphasis on anything relating to the term “sparking,” including non-conventional usage and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities. The entries cover all parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This “data dump” results in many unexpected examples for sparking, since the editorial decision to include or exclude terms is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under “fair use” conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Webster’s Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).

Familiar Quotations

Sparking

Pride, Envy, and Avarice are the three sparks that have set these hearts on fire.–Dante Alighieri

He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.–Benjamin Franklin

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.–Foster C. McClellan

When a heart is on fire, sparks always fly out of the mouth.–Proverb

It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.–Robert Southey

The short sayings of wise and good men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the sparks of diamonds.–John Tillotson

Use in Literature

Sparking

Sparks flew in myriads, and ashes fell dustily on the dry leaves of the trees.–Joseph A. Altsheler in The Scouts of the Valley.

The clang and sparks of the anvil were going all day long till we were well into the Indian Ocean.–Roald Amundsen in The South Pole, vols 1 and 2.

In the east, the full moon was rising in all her beauty, making pale the stars that were sparking in the firmament.–T.S. Arthur in After A Shadow and Other Stories.

Finally when sparks fell on the roof she descended hastily and awakened her guest, making him welcome to her brother's linen as well as to a basin of precious water.–Gertrude Atherton in The Sisters-In-Law.

Suddenly I heard a faint click, and observed one or two bright sparks among the bushes.–R.M. Ballantyne in The Coral Island (A Tale Of The Pacific Ocean).

• Preface v
• Familiar Quotations 1
• Sparking 1
• Use in Literature 2
• Sparking 2
• Sparking – "Black" 11
• Sparking – "Caught" 12
• Sparking – "Dark" 12
• Sparking – "Electric" 13
• Sparking – "Eyes" 13
• Sparking – "Far" 15
• Sparking – "Few" 16
• Sparking – "Fires" 17
• Sparking – "Flames" 20
• Sparking – "Forth" 22
• Sparking – "Found" 22
• Sparking – "Glow" 22
• Sparking – "Great" 23
• Sparking – "Hair" 24
• Sparking – "Hand" 24
• Sparking – "Heart" 25
• Sparking – "Houses" 25
• Sparking – "Life" 26
• Sparking – "Lights" 26
• Sparking – "Little" 27
• Sparking – "Men" 28
• Sparking – "Place" 28
• Sparking – "Points" 29
• Sparking – "Shot" 29
• Sparking – "Shower" 30
• Sparking – "Smoke" 31
• Sparking – "Soon" 32
• Sparking – "Steel" 32
• Sparking – "Stream" 33
• Sparking – "Striking" 33
• Sparking – "Trouble" 34
• Sparking – "Waves" 34
• Sparking – "Wind" 35
• Sparking – "Words" 36
• Sparking – "Young" 36
• Nonfiction Usage 38
• Journalism Usage 38
• Governmental Usage 69
• Patent Usage 69
• Bibliographic Usage 73
• Encyclopedic Usage 80
• Lexicographic Usage 102
• Index 137