span-new

span-new
span-new span"-new` (sp[a^]n"n[=u]`), a. [Icel. sp[=a]nn[=y]r, properly, new as a ship just split; sp[=a]nn chip + n[=y]r new. See {Spoon}, and {New}.] Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. ``A span-new archbishop's chair.'' --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

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