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Assumer Assumer As*sum"er, n.
One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes. --W. D.
Whitney.
Consumer Consumer Con*sum"er, n.
One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.
Presumer Presumer Pre*sum"er, n.
One who presumes; also, an arrogant person. --Sir H. Wotton.
spark consumer Spark Spark, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark,
sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag["e]ti, Gr. ?
a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph?rj to crackle, to thunder.
Cf. Speak.]
1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is
emitted by a body in combustion.
Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
--Job v. 7.
2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or
into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. ``If
any spark of life be yet remaining.' --Shak. ``Small
intellectual spark.' --Macaulay. ``Vital spark of
heavenly flame.' --Pope.
We have here and there a little clear light, some
sparks of bright knowledge. --Locke.
Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.
--Wordsworth.
Spark arrester, a contrivance to prevent the escape of
sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used
in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called
also spark consumer. [U.S.]
Sumerian Sumerian Su*me"ri*an, a. [Written also Sumirian.]
Of or pertaining to the region of lower Babylonia, which was
anciently called Sumer, or its inhabitants or their language.
Sumerian Sumerian Su*me"ri*an, n. [Written also Sumirian.]
A native of lower Babylonia, anciently called Sumer.
