 | William Waugh Smith - 1872 - 348 頁
...SOUTH'WARD, ad. towards the south. Span, spftnnan — to MEASURE ; to CLASP ; to JOISJ. SPAN, n. the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; nine inches ; a brief period. SPAN, v. to measure by the hand extended. SPAN'NER, n. that which spans. AKGLO-SAXON... | |
 | 1872 - 406 頁
...space ; vast ir extent. SPAR SPICATE Span, (span) n. [A. -S. t!xnni, Ger. spannen, to span.] The space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended. Spangle, (spang'gl) n. [Eng. spang, Ger. spange, Gael. spang, any thing sparkling. ]... | |
 | James Douglas (Ph.D.) - 1872 - 202 頁
...to procure privately; cause to take a false oath. PANDO, to spread; Passus, a step. Span, the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended = about 9 inches. Ezpand, to open; to spread out. expanse, a wide extent of space. expansion,... | |
 | William W. Smith - 1873 - 346 頁
...SOUTH'WARD, ad. towards the south. Span, spannan — to MEASURE ; to CLASP ; to Jonr. SPAN, n. the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended; nine inches; a brief period. SPAN, v. to measure by the hand extended. SPAN'NEB, n. that which spans. ANGLO-SAXON... | |
 | Daniel Denison Whedon - 1874 - 434 頁
...external objects. The ancient Egyptian cubit was six handbreadths, or two spans, a span being the measure from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger of the extended hand. These are somewhat variable measures, but the cubit was about eighteen inches.... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1877 - 552 頁
...dix, я. in hotany, a flower-stalk. Spahi, spa/he, e. one of the Turkish cavalry. Span, s. the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; definitely nine inches ; a short space of time ; the width of an arch from butment to butraent: v.... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1877 - 564 頁
...long, the length of a furrow ; mile is from mille pasiuum, KKX) puces; x;>an is the space measured from the end of the thumb to the end of the little linger extended ; titbit, from the elbow to the end of the middle ringer; fathom, the length of the... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1878 - 878 頁
...SPA-Dr"CEOU8, a, of a light-red colour. SPA'DIX, 9i. the flower-stalk in certain plants. SPAN, n. the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended, nine inches, any short duration, the chord of an arch : va to measure by the hand extended, to measure. SPAN"GLK,... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1889 - 482 頁
...long, long, the length of a furrow ; mile Is from mille possuum, 1000 paces; tpan is the space measured from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; cubit, from the elbow to the end of the middle finger ; fathom, the length of the two arms extended.... | |
 | Solomon Deutsch - 1879 - 386 頁
...ftrafen, p. 302. ftmiuirtt, to stretch, bend; ahd. spannan, from which .¿iMltitr, span, the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger ; prob, allied to Lat. panda, to extend. fdllUrtttt ill, to vacillate, waver, stagger ; of one root... | |
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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... 
