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span·ner (span′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that spans
  2. Chiefly Brit. wrench (sense )

Etymology: Ger < spannen, to stretch: see span

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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