(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:17:52

Span"-new` (?), a. [Icel. spannr, properly, new as a ship just split; spann chip + nr new. See Spoon, and New.]

Quite new; brand-new; fire-new.

"A span-new archbishop's chair."

Fuller.

 

© Webster 1913.

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