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Webster 1913 Edition

span-new

span′-newˊ

(spăn′nūˊ)
,
Adj.
[Icel.
spānnȳr
, properly, new as a ship just split;
spānn
chip +
nȳr
new. See
Spoon
, and
New
.]
Quite new; brand-new; fire-new.
“A span-new archbishop’s chair.”
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition

Span-new

SPAN'-NEW

,
Adj.
Quite new; probably bright-new.

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