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Webster 1913 Edition
Spencer
Spen′cer
,Noun.
[From the third Earl
Spencer
, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.] A short jacket worn by men and by women.
Ld. Lutton.
Spen′cer
,Noun.
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spencer
SPEN'CER
, n.1.
One who has the care of the spence or buttery.2.
A kind of short coat.