Spencer

Definition of Spencer

Spen´cer
n.1.One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.
1.A short jacket worn by men and by women.
1.(Naut.) 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.

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Herbert Spencer, philosopher, sociologist
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