Vocabulary : Spanned to Sparada

Spanned : of Span
Spanner : One who, or that which, spans. ;; The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself. ;; 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. ;; A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
Span-new : Quite new; brand-new; fire-new.
Spanning : of Span
Spannishing : The full blooming of a flower.

Spanpiece : The collar of a roof; sparpiece.
Spanworm : The larva of any geometrid moth, as the cankeworm; a geometer; a measuring worm.
Spar : An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein. ;; A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff. ;; Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters. ;; The bar of a gate or door. ;; To bolt; to bar. ;; To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel. ;; To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do. ;; To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box. ;; To contest in words; to wrangle. ;; A contest at sparring or boxing. ;; A movement of offense or defense in boxing.
Sparable : A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.
Sparada : A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.

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