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[syn: spang, bang]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spang \Spang\, v. t.
To spangle. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spang \Spang\, v. i.
To spring; to bound; to leap. [Scot.]
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But when they spang o'er reason's fence,
We smart for't at our own expense. --Ramsay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spang \Spang\, n.
A bound or spring. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spang \Spang\, n. [AS. spange a clasp or fastening; akin to D.
spang, G. spange, OHG. spanga, Icel. sp["o]ng a spangle.]
A spangle or shining ornament. [Obs.]
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With glittering spangs that did like stars appear.
--Spenser.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spang
v 1: leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees" [syn:
spang, bang]