| Edward Brooks - 1877 - 438 σελίδες
...obsolete, is from fur, furvtno, anJ •ang, Irviff, trw, length of a furntw ; mile is from mille pasauum, 1000 paces • span is the space measured from the end of the thumb to the eud of the little tinker extended ; cubit, from the elbow to the end of the middli finger ; fathom,... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1877 - 538 σελίδες
...dix, я. in hotany, a flower-stalk. Spahi, spa/he, e. one of the Turkish cavalry. Span, s. the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended ; definitely nine inches ; a short space of time ; the width of an arch from butment to butraent: v.... | |
| Edward Brooks - 1877 - 444 σελίδες
...fur, furrow, and long, long, the length of a furrow ; mile is from mille passmim, 1000 paces, tpan is the space measured from the end of the thumb to the eud of the little finger extended ; mint, from the elbow to the end of the middle finger ; fathom,... | |
| Edward Brooks - 1877 - 250 σελίδες
...from fur. furrow, ami limy, long, the length of a furrow; mile is from mille pasmmm, 1000 jjaces. tpan is the space measured from the end of the thumb to the eiid of the little finger extended ; cubit, from the elbow to the end of the middle finger ; fathom,... | |
| Edward Brooks - 1889 - 482 σελίδες
...fwr, furrow, anil long, long, the length of a furrow ; mile Is from mille possuum, 1000 paces; tpan is the space measured from the end of the thumb to...finger ; fathom, the length of the two arms extended. The ancient yard of England Is said to have been determined by the length of the arm of King Henry... | |
| Solomon Deutsch - 1879 - 386 σελίδες
...ftrafen, p. 302. ftmiuirtt, to stretch, bend; ahd. spannan, from which .¿iMltitr, span, the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger ; prob, allied to Lat. panda, to extend. fdllUrtttt ill, to vacillate, waver, stagger ; of one root... | |
| John Ogilvie - 1883 - 834 σελίδες
...seems to come directly from the D. xpan, a span or yoke, the origin being the same. ] 1. The space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; the eighth of a fathom.— 2. A short space of time. Life's but a spmn;... | |
| John Ogilvie - 1883 - 830 σελίδες
...word seems to come directly from the D. span, a span or yoke, the origin being the same.] 1. The space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; the eighth of a fathom. — 2. A short space of time. Life's bu ta tfan;... | |
| Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham - 1887 - 170 σελίδες
...Saior J^AMJ vegetables. Sais i^aJ/U* a syce, a groom. Sajak VJ^-U a rhyme. * Sa'jengkal Jilis*" a span. [Measured from the end of the thumb to the end of the middle finger. £ Jengal make 1 Hasta, the length from the elbow joint to the end of the middle finger... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1888 - 316 σελίδες
...clan, He's the Noble, who advances Freedom and the Cause of Man! Definitions. — I. Span, the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger. Hence, figtiratively, a brief portion of time. 4. Shut'tie, an instrument used by weavers in cloth-making.... | |
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