 | Thomas Sheridan - 1790 - 520 páginas
...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 - 1805 - 924 páginas
...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;... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 482 páginas
...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... | |
 | Johann Jahn - 1823 - 562 páginas
...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 - 1824 - 436 páginas
...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 _... | |
 | Johann Jahn - 1827 - 620 páginas
...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 - 1831 - 628 páginas
...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,... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1833 - 882 páginas
...punishment formerly practised in Rome, and still in use among the Turks. EMPAN, »m. a span, a hand-breadth, the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little-finger extended. EMPANACHER, va. to adorn with feathers. EMPAQUETER, va. to pack, to pack up,... | |
 | Johann Jahn - 1836 - 560 páginas
...called a hand-breadth, 1 Kings, vii. 26; comp. 2 Chron. iv. v. Jer. lii. 21. III. rnj sa span, viz. from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger, or three palms, Exod. xxviii. 16; xxxix. 9 ; 1 Sam. xvii. 4. IV. nJ2N , a cubit. It extended from the... | |
| |
Span, the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended. 
