Sparest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spare \Spare\, a. [Compar. {Sparer}; superl. {Sparest}; -- not
     used in all the senses of the word.] [AS. spaer sparing. Cf.
     {Spare}, v. t. ]
     1. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
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     2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
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              He was spare, but discreet of speech. --Carew.
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     3. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be
        used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous;
        as, I have no spare time.
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              If that no spare clothes he had to give. --Spenser.
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     4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare
        anchor; a spare bed or room.
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     5. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
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              O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great
              ones.                                 --Shak.
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     6. Slow. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Grose.
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