 | Thomas Sheridan - 1790 - 520 頁
...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 - 1799 - 494 頁
...ufed to promote the fulion of metals. Bailey. SPAN./ [/pan, j-ponne, Saxon ; /fax, Dut.] 1. The ipace from the end of the thumb to the end of the little rbger extended ; nine inches. Holder. 1. Any fhort duration. Walker. 'lo SPAN. va I. Tomealute by the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 頁
...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; a pulm, or hand's breadth, one twenty-fourth... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 頁
...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 the hand extended (Ticket).... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 482 頁
...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 [spangles... | |
 | Johann Jahn - 1823 - 562 頁
...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 - 1823 - 482 頁
...roominess, wide extension Spade, spide. s. the instrument of digging Span, span. 3. the space from th<- end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended Span, span. ra to measure by the hand Spangle, spang'gl. ». a small plate of shiniqg metal [spangles... | |
 | John Walker - 1824 - 436 頁
...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 _ [spangles... | |
 | Johann Jahn - 1827 - 620 頁
...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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 470 頁
...Sax. rpani rponne ; Ital. tpanna; Goth. spun. Perhaps originally the expansion of the hand. The space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; nine inches: to measure in this way, or generally. Will you with counters sum The vast proportion of his infinite,... | |
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Span!" This gives him time to measure with his hand the distance between the rock and that duck. If the distance is shown to be less than a span (the distance from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger), the thrower must change places with... 
