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Webster 1913 Edition


spanner

span′ner

(spăn′nẽr)
,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, spans.
2.
The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself.
[Obs.]
3.
An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose.
[Chiefly British usage]
4.
pl.
A contrivance in some of the earlier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.

Webster 1828 Edition


Spanner

SPAN'NER

, n.
1.
One that spans.
2.
The lock of a fusee or carbine; or the fusee itself.
3.
A wrench or nut screw-driver.

Definition 2024


spänner

spänner

See also: spanner and Spanner

Swedish

Noun

spänner

  1. indefinite plural of spann

Verb

spänner

  1. present tense of spänna.