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spanner |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spanner \Span"ner\, n. 1. One who or that which spans. 2. The lock of a fusee or carbine; also the fusee or carbine itself [Obs.] 3. An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose. 4. pl A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spanner n : a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt [syn: {wrench}]
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