 | Thomas Sheridan - English language - 1790 - 520 pages
...white, fcaly, ibining ftone, frequently ufed to promote the fufion of metals. SPAN, fpàn'. f. The fpace from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; any Ihort duration. To SPAN, fpin'. va To meafure by the hand extended ; to meafure. SPANCOUNTER,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...Sax. jfanna, • Italian ; span, Dutch. Perhaps originally the expansion of the hand.] i. The sp.nx- from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; nine inches. A foot, the length of it, is a sixth part of the fathom; a span, one eighth; a pulm,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...Travels in the Two Sicilies and the Appenines, 6 vols. &c. SPAN. s. (ppan, rP°nne' Sax. span, Dut.) 1. The space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; nine inches (Hold.). 2. Any short duration ;",••';.;•. To SPAN. va 1. To measure by the hand... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1823 - 482 pages
...shus-n it. t. roominess, wide extension Spade, sp&de. .-. the instrument of digging Span, span. t. the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended 3pan, spin. ra to measure by the hand Spangle, spang'gl. t. a small plate of shining metal [spangles... | |
 | Johann Jahn - Bible - 1823 - 562 pages
...otherwise called a handbreadth, 1 Kgs. 7: 26. comp. 2 Chron. 4: 5. Jer. 52: 21. III. n"jT a span, viz. from the end of the thumb to the end of the little linger, or three palms, Exod. 28: 16. 39: 9- 1 Sam. 17:4. IV. Jtatf, a cubit. It extended from the... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1823 - 482 pages
...roominess, wide extension Spade, spide. s. the instrument of digging Span, span. 3. the space from th<- end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended Span, span. ra to measure by the hand Spangle, spang'gl. ». a small plate of shiniqg metal [spangles... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1824 - 436 pages
...Spaciousness, spa'sh&s-ne's s. roominess wide extension Spade, spade «. the instrument of digging Span, span >. the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended Span, span va to measure by the hand Spangle, spang'gl s. a small plate of shining metal _ [spangles... | |
 | John Walker, Thomas Smith - English language - 1824 - 440 pages
...spe-siffik a. that which makes a wide extension Spade, spade s. the instrument of digging Span, span s. the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended Span, span ra to measure by the hand Spangle, spaug'gl s. a small plate of shining metal [spangles... | |
 | Johann Jahn - Bible - 1827 - 620 pages
...otherwise called a handbreadth, 1 K. 7: 26. comp. 2 Chron. 4: 5. Jer. 52: 21. III. rnj, a span, viz. from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger, or three palms, Exod. 28: 16. 39: 9. 1 Sam. 17: 4. IV. fTON, a cubit. It extended from the elbow to... | |
 | John Walker - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 628 pages
...lute, scaly, shining stone, frequently used to promote the fusion of metals. SPAN, spin, s. The spare from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; any short duration. To SPAN, spin, t'. a. To measure by the hand extended; to measure. SpANCOUNTEft,... | |
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Egyptian cubit was six handbreadths, or two spans, a span being the measure from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger of the extended hand. 
