span go lite (spang go lit)

[Named after Norman Spang of Pittsburgh, Penn.] A rare mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals of an emerald-green color, and having perfect basal cleavage. It is a basic sulphate of copper and alu containing a small percentage chlorin. It is found with cuprite in Arizona. Spaniard (span'yärd), n. [= D. Spanjaard; with suffix- ard (cf. G. Dan. Spanier = Sw. Spa nior, with suffix cognate with -er1), ME. Spain olde, n.) = Sp. Español = Pg. Hespanhol = It. Spagnuolo, peoples. spaniel (span yel or span'el), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also spannel; - Spanish curlew. (a) The white ibis, Eudocimus albusi a bad misnomer. [Southern U. S.] (b) The long-billed curlew, Numenius longirostris. [Local, U. S.] - Spanish dagger. Same as dagger - plant. - Spanish elm. See prince wood. - Spanish epoch or era. See era. - Span ish ferreto. See ferreto. - Spanish fever. See Texan fever, under Texan. - Spanish fox, furnace. See the nouns. Spanish fly. (a) A blister-beetle; a cantharid, as Cantharis or Lytta vesica to ria, a meloid beetle found in middle and southern Europe and southwestern Asia, where it feeds upon ash, lilac, and other trees. It undergoes hyper metamorphosis, and in its early stages is a parasite in the nests of wild bees of the genus Ceratin a. See cut under Cantharis. (b) A preparation of Spanish flies; cantharides used as a vesicant. - Spanish-fly ointment. See oint ment. - Spanish fowl, a breed of the domestic hen, more exactly called white - faced black Spanish. They are fowls of fair size and stately carriage, of glo y greenish-black plumage, with high red comb, single and deeply serrate, large red wattles, and the ear-lobes and entire side of the face enameled white. The flesh is superior, and the hen is an excellent layer of large white eggs. - Spanish gourd, the winter squash, Cucurbit a maxima. Spanish gra . Same as esparto. - Spanish hyacinth. See Hyacinth us. Spanish jasmine. See Jasminum. - Spanish juice. See licorice, 2. - Spanish juniper, Juniper us thurifer a. Spanish lace. See lace. Spanish lady, a labroid fish, ing seas. - Spanish leather, lobster, mackerel. See the Bodianus rufus , of the Caribbean and neighbor nouns. Spanish licorice, the common licorice. -Span of South America, the ish mahoganeste magarth Spanish main, fore Orinoco river and the isthmus of Panama, and the adjoining part of the Caribbean sea. - Spanish morion. See morion1.- Spanish mo . Same as long - mo . - Spanish n, in printing, the letter n with a curved line (Sp. de habereckoned in the tilde ) over it ( n ), as the sixteenth letter and preserves its coalesced sound, as in España (as-pa nya) for Hispania, Spain, corresponding to gn in Italian and French. - Spanish needles. See Bidens, 1. -Spanish nut. See nut. - Spanish oak, an oak, Quercus falcata, of the southern United States. Its wood is largely used for fuel, and to some extent for other purposes; its bark is rich in tannin. Also red- oak, and sometimes Tur key oak. The swamp Spanish oak is the pin-oak. Spanish oyster-plant. See oyster - plant. - Spanish parrakeet, the violet grosbeak, Loxigilla violacea, a Bahaman tanager. [Andros Island.] - Spanish piket, a spear used in Scotland and the north of England about 1600, and specified as the arm of a noble. Anderson, Anc. Scottish Weapons, p. 13. - Spanish plover, plum, point, porgy, potato. See the nouns. - Spanish rider, the punishment of the heri on. - Spanish soap, squill, stopper, sword, tinder, toothpick, topaz. See the nouns.Spanish stripes, a kind of woolen fabric. E. H. Knight. - Spanish trefoil. Same as lucerne. - Spanish type of poultry, an economically important group of varieties of the domestic hen, originating in the lands bordering spanner (span'er), n. [ span-new (span'nu), a. [ spannewe , spon- neo we , Icel. spannyr , also spānýr (= MHG. from the workman's hands. Cf. brand -new, fire- new ; and see also spick - and - span - new . Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. [Archaic or This tale ay was span - newe to begynne, Til that the nyght departed hem atwynne. Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 1665. spannishingt, n. [ span nish ing , verbal n. of * spannish , espani - , stem of certain parts of espanir , espandir , expand ere , ex- pand: see expand and spawn .] The blooming I saw that through the leves grene The rose spredde to span nys hinge. Rom . of the Rose , 1. 3633. In arch ., the collar- For when he saugh here dorres spered alle, Wil neigh for sorwe adoun he gan to falle. He it sparrede with a key. Rom . of the Rose , 1. 3320. Calk your windows, spar up all your doors. spank2 (spangk), v. [Origin obscure; po ibly a diff. use of spank1 .] 1. trans. 1. To strike with the open hand, or with something flat and equal inclined planes or sides, in contra dis-i instil is hard; slap with force on the buttocks. tinct i on to a pent - roof or lean - to roof . span-saw (span'sa), n. A frame-saw. span-shackle (span's hak"l), n. In ship -build- ing , a large bolt driven through the forecastle and spar-deck beams and forelocked before each beam, with a large square or triangular shackle at the head for receiving the end of a boom or davit. span-worm (span'werm), n. In entom ., a looper, measurer, or measuring-worm; the larva of any geometrid moth. See measuring-worm, inch- worm, looper , loopworm , and especially geo me- ter , 3. See cuts under cankerworm and Cidaria . sparl (spär), n . [ sparre , spearra (not found, but indicated by the derived verb) MHG. sparre , G. sparren , a bar, beam, Icel. sparri , a spar, gag, the gate of a town, sperra , a spar, rafter, = Sw. Dan. sparre , a rafter; cf. Ir. sparr , a spar, joist, beam, balk, sparra , a spar, nail, Gael. sparr , a spar, joist, beam, roost; Ir. Gael. sparran , a bar, bolt (perhaps spear1 . Hence spar1 , v ., and ult. par1, parrock , park .] 1. A stick or piece of wood of considerable length in pro- portion to its thickne ; a stout pole; a large cudgel. [Obsolete or dialectal in this general IMG:content-1630.png:[blocks in formation] spanker2 (spang'ker), n . [Appar. for * spanger , Ammocætes flu via til is . [Prov. Eng.] spanker-gaff (spang'ker-gaf), n . See gaff 1, 2. the like; hence, a bolt. spanker-mast (spang'ker-måst), See mast1, 1. spanking1 (spang'king), p . a . [Ppr. of spank1 , v .] 1. Moving with a quick, ick, lively lively pace; pace; dash- ing; free-going. The Century , XXVII. 108.-2. Strikingly large, or surprising in any way; going or beyond expectation; stunning; whopping. g. W. Collins, After Dark, Stolen Letter. [Colloq.] Spanking breeze, a fresh, strong breeze. The IMG:content-1631.png:[blocks in formation] But, opening streight the Sparre , forth to him came. Spenser, F. Q., V. xi. 4. 3. Specifically-( a ) A round stick of timber, or a stout pole, such as those used for the masts, yards, booms, etc., of ships, and for the masts and jibs of derricks. ( b ) One of the common rafters of a roof, as distinguished from the prin- cipal rafters; also, one of the sticks used as rafters in a thatched roof. By a aut he wan the cite after, And rente adoun both wal and sparre and rafter. Chaucer , Knight's Tale, 1. 132. Now nothing was heard in the yard but the dull thuds of the beetle which drove in the spars , and the rustle of the thatch in the intervals. IMG:content-1632.png:[blocks in formation] carbonate. In consequence of its strong double refraction, it is valuable for experiments on the double refraction and polarization of light, and is the substance from which Nicol prisms are made. The supply for this purpose has all been obtained from a large cave in a doleritic rock near Helgastal in Iceland.-Nail-head, ponderous, etc., spar. See the stamp, kick; Ru . sporiti , quarrel, wrangle. The word spar cannot be connected, unle re- motely, with spur.] 1. To rush forward in at- tack; make an onset. He put hym to Paris with a proude will, Sparrit at hym with a spere spitusly fast. "Come on," said the cab-driver, sparring away like Dickens , Pickwick, ii. clockwork. 4. To bandy words; engage in a wordy con- test, either angrily or humorously. Well, Madam, what if, after all this sparring , We both agree, like friends, to end our jarring? Goldsmith, Epilogue spoken by Mrs. Bulkley and Mi [Catley. spar3 (spär), n. [ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary spar the contending cocks are not permitted to do each other serious harm, or in which they have their spurs covered with stuffed leather pads, so that they cannot cut each other.-3. A wordy contest; a skirmish of words. spar4 (spär), n. [= F. spare = Sp. esparo, sparable (spar'a-bl), n. [Formerly sperrable, sparrowble, a corruption of sparrow - bill, a nail so called on account of its resemblance to the bill of a sparrow: see sparrow - bill.] A kind of headle nail used for the soles and heels of coarse boots and shoes. All shoemakers know what sparables are, and most of them. I think, know also that sparable is short for sparrow bill. The sparables are of two kinds-thin for soles, and thick for heels. In the trade they are called separately "bills" and "thick bills. Heel sparables are going out of use, and a nail with a head is used instead. N. and Q., 7th ser., V. 111. Cob clouts his shooes, and, as the story tells, His thumb-nailes par'd afford him sperrables . Herrick, Upon Cob. IMG:content-1634.png:[blocks in formation] esparadrapo, espadrapo, esparadrajo = It. spa radrappo, NL.sparadrapum; origin uncertain.] In med., a cerecloth; an adhesive plaster, a medicated bandage, or the like, either linen or paper. 5796