- 3. Pair, team, yoke of animals.
Span, v. a. Compass, measure, cross, overlay.
Spanish-bayonet, n. Yucca, Adam’s needle, bear-grass.
Spanish-fly, n. Blister-fly, blister-beetle (Canthar is vesicatoria).
Spank, v. a. Strike (with the open hand), slap.
Span-new, a. Brand-new, fire-new, quite new spick-and-span new.
Spanworm, n. Geometer, looper, green looper, canker-worm (Anisopteryx)
Spar, v. n.
- 1. Box.
- 2. Dispute, wrangle, quarrel, bicker, squabble, spat (colloq.)
Spar, n.
- 1. Pole, beam
- 2. Boxing-match.
Spare, v. a.
- 1. Reserve, save, lay by, lay aside, set apart, set aside.
- 2. Dispense with, do without, part with.
- 3. Withhold, omit, forbear, refrain from.
- 4. Withhold from, keep from.
- 5. Give, grant, afford, allow, give up.
- 6. Preserve (from anything dreaded), save.
- 7. Save, withhold, gain, reserve.
Spare, v. n.
- 1. Be frugal, be parsimonious, economize, pinch.