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" ... from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended; cubit, from the elbow to the end of the middle finger ; fathom, the length of the two arms extended. "
The Normal Standard Arithmetic: By Analysis and Induction, Designed for ... - Page 410
by Edward Brooks - 1895 - 415 pages
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A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to ..., Volume 2

Thomas Sheridan - English language - 1790 - 520 pages
...white, fcaly, ibining ftone, frequently ufed to promote the fufion of metals. SPAN, fpàn'. f. The fpace from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; any Ihort duration. To SPAN, fpin'. va To meafure by the hand extended ; to meafure. SPANCOUNTER,...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...Sax. jfanna, • Italian ; span, Dutch. Perhaps originally the expansion of the hand.] i. The sp.nx- from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; nine inches. A foot, the length of it, is a sixth part of the fathom; a span, one eighth; a pulm,...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 11

John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...Two Sicilies and the Appenines, 6 vols. &c. SPAN. s. (ppan, rP°nne' Sax. span, Dut.) 1. The space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; nine inches (Hold.). 2. Any short duration ;",••';.;•. To SPAN. va 1. To measure by the hand...
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...

John Walker - English language - 1823 - 482 pages
...it. t. roominess, wide extension Spade, sp&de. .-. the instrument of digging Span, span. t. the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended 3pan, spin. ra to measure by the hand Spangle, spang'gl. t. a small plate of shining metal [spangles...
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Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English ...

John Walker - English language - 1823 - 482 pages
...roominess, wide extension Spade, spide. s. the instrument of digging Span, span. 3. the space from th<- end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended Span, span. ra to measure by the hand Spangle, spang'gl. ». a small plate of shiniqg metal [spangles...
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Jahn's Biblical Archaeology

Johann Jahn - Bible - 1823 - 562 pages
...otherwise called a handbreadth, 1 Kgs. 7: 26. comp. 2 Chron. 4: 5. Jer. 52: 21. III. n"jT a span, viz. from the end of the thumb to the end of the little linger, or three palms, Exod. 28: 16. 39: 9- 1 Sam. 17:4. IV. Jtatf, a cubit. It extended from the...
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Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary: And Expositor of the English ...

John Walker - English language - 1824 - 436 pages
...spa'sh&s-ne's s. roominess wide extension Spade, spade «. the instrument of digging Span, span >. the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended Span, span va to measure by the hand Spangle, spang'gl s. a small plate of shining metal _ [spangles...
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Jahn's Biblical Archaeology

Johann Jahn - Bible - 1827 - 620 pages
...otherwise called a handbreadth, 1 K. 7: 26. comp. 2 Chron. 4: 5. Jer. 52: 21. III. rnj, a span, viz. from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger, or three palms, Exod. 28: 16. 39: 9. 1 Sam. 17: 4. IV. fTON, a cubit. It extended from the elbow to...
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Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary ... of the English Language ...

John Walker - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 628 pages
...lute, scaly, shining stone, frequently used to promote the fusion of metals. SPAN, spin, s. The spare from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; any short duration. To SPAN, spin, t'. a. To measure by the hand extended; to measure. SpANCOUNTEft,...
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Another Archæologia Biblica, a manual of Biblical antiquities

Johann Jahn - Bible - 1836 - 560 pages
...called a hand-breadth, 1 Kings, vii. 26; comp. 2 Chron. iv. v. Jer. lii. 21. III. rnj sa span, viz. from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger, or three palms, Exod. xxviii. 16; xxxix. 9 ; 1 Sam. xvii. 4. IV. nJ2N , a cubit. It extended from the...
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