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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Span  \Span\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Spanned};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Spanning}.]  [AS.  pannan;  akin  to  D.  &  G.  spannen,  OHG. 
  spannan  Sw  sp["a]nna,  Dan.  sp[ae]nde,  Icel.  spenna,  and 
  perh.  to  Gr  ?  to  draw,  to  drag,  L.  spatium  space.  [root]170. 
  Cf  {Spin},  v.  t.,  {Space},  {Spasm}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  My  right  hand  hath  spanned  the  heavens.  --Isa. 
  xiviii.  13. 
 
  2.  To  reach  from  one  side  of  to  the  order  to  stretch  over  as 
  an  arch. 
 
  The  rivers  were  spanned  by  arches  of  solid  masonry. 
  --prescott. 
 
  3.  To  fetter,  as  a  horse;  to  hobble.




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