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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spang \Spang\, v. t. To spangle. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spang \Spang\, v. i. To spring; to bound; to leap. [Scot.] But when they spang o'er reason's fence, We smart for't at our own expense. --Ramsay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spang \Spang\, n. A bound or spring. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spang \Spang\, n. [AS. spange a clasp or fastening; akin to D. spang, G. spange, OHG. spanga, Icel. sp["o]ng a spangle.] A spangle or shining ornament. [Obs.] With glittering spangs that did like stars appear. --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spang v : leap. jerk, bang (dialectal); "Bullets spanged into the trees" [syn: {bang}]
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