To spend; to squander. See Dispend. [Obs.] Some noble men in Spain can despend Howell.
A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially
of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for
optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of
dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was
obtained from pulverized flints. Call...