Definition of span

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Span (v. t.) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble..

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Springer :: Springer (n.) A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.
Picaresque :: Picaresque (a.) Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer..
Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..
Spaniel :: Spaniel (v. i.) To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious.
Pair :: Pair (n.) Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen..
Hispanicism :: Hispanicism (n.) A Spanish idiom or mode of speech.
Bespangle :: Bespangle (v. t.) To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering.
Spanless :: Spanless (a.) Incapable of being spanned.
Spanker :: Spanker (n.) One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking..
Spanner :: Spanner (n.) The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself..
Spangle :: Spangle (n.) A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress..
Spanning :: Spanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spa.
Driver :: Driver (n.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker..
Corregidor :: Corregidor (n.) The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.
Inspan :: Inspan (v. t. & i.) To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle..
Span :: Span (v. t.) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder..
Spanned :: Spanned (imp. & p. p.) of Spa.
Spanpiece :: Spanpiece (n.) The collar of a roof; sparpiece.
Spandogs :: Spandogs (n. pl.) A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber.
Spanaemic :: Spanaemic (a.) Of or pertaining to spanaemia; having impoverished blood.
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