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Definition of Spanless
1. a. Incapable of being spanned.
Definition of Spanless
1. Adjective. Incapable of being spanned. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spanless
1. having no extent [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanless
Literary usage of Spanless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1915)
"Like Finley Peter Dunne, I lamped the light Of morning in Chicago, Illinois; And
yet the spanless distance from his height Is just as great as when I was a ..."
2. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1844)
"Compare, for one moment, this labored effort with Byron's majestic simplicity.
" A change came o'er the spirit of my dream," and we shall see the spanless ..."
3. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"... The little seed they laughed at in the dark, Has risen and cleft the soil and
grown a bulk Of spanless girth that lays on every side A thousand arms and ..."
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