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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPAN-NEW

a.Quite new; probably bright-new.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPAN-NEW

Span "-new `, a. Etym: [Icel. spann, properly, new as a ship just split; spann chip + n new. See Spoon, and New. ]

 

Defn: Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. "A span-new archbishop's chair. " Fuller.