Category:Spencer

Spen"cer, n. Etym: [of. despensier. See spence, and cf. Dispenser.]

Defn: one who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [obs.] Promptorium parvulorum.

Spencer Spen"cer, n. Etym: [from the third earl spencer, who first wore it, Or brought it into fashion.]

Defn: a short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton.

Spencer Spen"cer, n. (naut.)

Defn: 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.