spangn.1
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > spangle
spanglec1420
spang1423
spanglet1610
1423 Kingis Quair xlvii A chaplet fresch of hewe, Off plumys..Full of quaking spangis bryght as gold.
1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 115 vj coursour harneis..embrowdered and wroght with..spanges of silver and gilt.
c1534 in J. Lewis Life Fisher (1855) II. 297 A swett of vestments of rede clothe of gold with spangs and crossys in the myddyst.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxvj Thesame horse Harneis were sette full of tremblyng spanges.
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E3 The other glistering copper spangs, That glisten in the tyer of the Court.
1616 W. Drummond Poems (rev. ed.) sig. L3 To spreade the azure Canopie of Heauen, And make it twinckle all with Spanges of Gold.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 225 And Oes, or Spangs, as they are of no great Cost, so they are of most Glory.
2. technical. A stain. (See quot. 1839.)
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > stained condition > stain
lita1325
pleckc1350
blotc1400
smodc1400
discolouring?a1425
spot?a1425
stain1583
denigration1641
discolouration1666
staddle1691
discolour1812
spang1839
blotting1842
suddle1861
staddle-stead1868
dabble1871
staddle-mark1876
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 136 The stains which come out upon maddered goods, in consequence of defective bleaching, are called in this country spangs.
3. archaic. A clasp or buckle.After Old English spang, occurring once in the Old Saxon part of Genesis (l. 445).
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > clasp or buckle
dalkc1000
buckle1340
clasp1480
fibula1673
safety pin1867
spang1892
1892 S. A. Brooke Hist. Early Eng. Lit. II. xxii. 106 [He] Set on's head a hollow helm, and..Spanned it down with spangs.
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spangn.2
/spaŋ/, U.S. /spæŋ/, Scottish English /spaŋ/ Chiefly Scottish and northern.† 2. A fillip; a smart rap. Obsolete. rare.
1.
a. A jerk; a sudden and violent movement of a thing. Also in to play spang.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking > a jerk
spang1513
lipe1545
job1560
jert1568
abraid1570
jerk1575
flirta1592
yark1610
slip1615
flerka1653
hitch1674
toss1676
hotch1721
saccade1728
surge1748
flip1821
snatch1822
fling1826
kick1835
chuckc1843
jolt1849
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. ix. 59 Acestes..Schawand his craft and his big bowis mycht, That lowsit of the takil with a spang.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ix. 50 The flayne flaw fast wyth ane spang fra the string.
a1657 W. Mure Hist. Rowallane in Wks. (1898) II. 253 The king.., as he offered swa to doe, dang out his eye with the spang of ane Cocle~shell.
1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 502 I wadna grudge gien a jug o' toddy to see ane play spang upon you frae a distance o' twenty yards.
b. A sound resulting from such movement.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun]
peal1535
thud1535
bouncing1598
ran-tan1607
sulphur?1611
bursta1616
stound1627
randana1661
break1751
flare1815
slam-banging1823
bang1854
spang1883
whoomph1891
ka-boom1965
zap1984
1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads xxiii. 160 We heard a loud spang behind us, and on turning round saw a large mullet floundering in the jolly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > a sharp or smart blow
dab1300
rapc1330
thresta1400
bruntc1400
knap14..
yedderc1440
gird1487
yert1509
fillip1543
yark1555
flewet1570
stingera1577
flirt1577
wherret1577
riprapc1580
spang1595
nick1651
lick1680
flip1692
yowf1711
clink1722
wherrya1726
click1773
whither1791
swata1800
yank1818
snock1825
clip1830
snop1849
clinkera1863
siserary1893
blip1894
1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Talitrum, a spang, a chicknawd.
1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. (at cited word).
3.
a. A spring, a bound, a leap.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > a leap, spring, or jump
leapOE
startc1330
saulta1350
lope14..
launchc1440
sprenting?a1475
loup1487
springa1500
stenda1500
benda1522
sprenta1522
bounce1523
jump1552
sally1589
rise1600
bound1667
vault1728
sprinta1800
spang1817
spend1825
upleap1876
sprit1880
bunny hop1950
bunny-hop1969
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. i. 13 Set roastbeef and pudding on the opposite side o' the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it.
1842 J. Wilson Christopher North (1857) I. 26 See, see how Tickler clears that twenty-feet moss-hag at a single spang like a bird.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders iv. 39 Jerry..came up the hill in great spangs.
b. A strong kick.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the foot > kicking > a kick
spurna1300
kick1530
yark1581
wince1612
pote1781
funk1808
spang1863
leather1883
root1907
boot1942
hoof1985
1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xli He went swinging by the rope back to the main stem of the tree, gave it a fierce spang with his feet, and..got an inch nearer the window.
1867 P. Kennedy Banks of Boro xl. 307 You're like our miel cow that gives a pail full of milk, and then spills all with a spang of her foot.
4. The spring-pole of a centre lathe. ? Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > lathe > [noun] > spring-pole
spang1797
spanging-tree1797
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 608/1 The two ends of the cord, both that which is fixed to the spang and to the foot-board.
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† spangn.3
Obsolete.
A narrow strip (of land or ground).
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the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > strip
sideling1250
tail1472
strake1503
vein1555
slip1591
neckland1598
slang1610
spang1610
screed1615
gore1650
spong1650
belt1725
slinget1790
stripe1801
strip1816
wedge1867
ribbon1923
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 220 The West part of it..joyneth to the East side by a very small spange of land.
1747 in Rep. Comm. Inq. Charities (1830) XXVIII. 145 A small spang of ground.
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† spangv.1
Obsolete.
transitive. To spangle; to ornament as with spangles.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > spangle
spangle1548
spang1552
bespangle1593
o1628
bespankle1629
starrify1633
sequin1893
1552 in W. Money Parish Church Goods Berks. (1879) 8 Redd veluett spanged with gould.
1590 R. Wilson Three Lordes & Three Ladies London G iij Queene Junoe's Bird, Whose traine is spangd with Argus hundred eies.
1595 R. Barnfield Cassandra vi, in Cynthia sig. D3v A Hunters hat, Of crimson veluet, spangd with stars of gold.
1626 G. Sandys in tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xi. 224 Night spangs the skie with starres.
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spangv.2
/spaŋ/, U.S. /spæŋ/, Scottish English /spaŋ/ Originally and chiefly Scottish and northern.
1. intransitive. To spring, leap, bound; to move rapidly. Also with cognate object (quot. 1684). Also figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)]
leapc900
startOE
reseOE
springa1275
throwc1275
upleapc1275
launch13..
aspringc1315
sault1377
lance?a1400
sprenta1400
loupc1480
lope1483
spang1513
bendc1530
jump1530
spend1533
stend1567
vaulta1568
pract1568
exult1570
bound1593
saltate1623
subsalt1623
jet1635
spoutc1650
volt1753
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly
windc897
shootc1000
smite?c1225
flatc1300
lash13..
girda1400
shock?a1400
spara1400
spritc1400
whipc1440
skrim1487
glance1489
spang1513
whip1540
squirt1570
flirt1582
fly1590
sprunt1601
flame1633
darta1640
strike1639
jump1720
skite1721
scoot1758
jink1789
arrow1827
twitch1836
skive1854
sprint1899
skyhoot1901
catapult1928
slingshot1969
book1977
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. ix. 29 Ȝoung Hippocaon..A quhidderand arrow leit spang fra the string.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 145 Ouir dykes and dubis..thay sould spang and leip.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 163 King Gald selfe..spangis vpe on horse back.
1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. (E.D.S.) 39 Lett's spang our geates [= ways], for it is varra snithe.
17.. A. Ramsay To R. Yarde 97 But when they spang o'er reason's fence, We smart for 't at our ain expence.
a1779 D. Graham Hist. Buck-haven iii. (1782) 21 Rob spang'd and jump'd over the boat several times.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 135 An' I could but hae gotten some decent claes in, I wad hae spanged out o' bed.
1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling p. xiv The trout slipped off, spanged down the bank, and in an instant..was lost.
1966 If, Worlds of Sci. Fiction Dec. 39/2 [He] kneed the screen door open so that it spanged against the outside wall.
1976 L. Sanders Hamlet Warning (1977) xix. 165 A stream of bullets spanged off the metal around him.
1979 Observer 4 Feb. 4/7 We shared champagne and Coke with the nurses. Thank God spanged out on all sides.
2. transitive. To cast, throw, jerk, bang. Also const. about, down, up.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > cause to move suddenly [verb (transitive)] > jerk
braida1000
hitch1440
spang1513
jog1548
jert1566
jerk1582
gag1587
to toss up1588
tossa1618
thrip1674
shrug1678
flip1712
hotch1823
switch1842
slirt1870
hoick1898
quirk1978
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > suddenly
shootc1075
flapc1320
flatc1330
spang1513
yark1568
flirt1582
cant1685
jerk1708
flip1712
shuttle1823
spring1884
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. vi. 76 His swyft stedis hovis..Spangit vp the bludy sparkis our the bent.
1662 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 607 We haw no bow to shoot with, but spang them from of the naillis of our thowmbes.
a1679 J. Brown Life of Faith (1824) I. vii. 134 If the enemy did but spang his fingers end on you, as we say, it struck a knell to his heart.
1856 C. Reade It is never too Late III. xiii. 119 She came up to the table with a fantastic spring and spanged down the sparkling mass on it.
1864– in Yorks. and Linc. dial. use.
Compounds
spang-cockle, spang-toad.
ΚΠ
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 432 Spang-tade, a deadly trick played on the poor toad.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 287 ‘Can you play at spang-cockle, my lord?’ said the Prince, placing a nut on the second joint of his forefinger, and spinning it off by a smart application of the thumb.
Derivatives
spanging-tree n. = spang n.2 4.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > lathe > [noun] > spring-pole
spang1797
spanging-tree1797
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 607/2 One of the most simple kinds of lathe,..in which a is the footstool,..f the spanging-tree.
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† spangv.3
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To attach or yoke (horses).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > harness or yoke
yokeOE
harness13..
cart-saddle1377
join1377
couple1393
enharness1490
benda1522
bind1535
span1550
team1552
spang1580
inyoke1595
trace1605
enclose?1615
gear1638
to get in1687
reharness1775
reyoke1813
to hook up1825
inspan1834
hitch1844
pole1846
stock1909
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Atteler les chevaux, to spang horses, or fasten them to the chariote.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. x. 674 There are required..three horses to a plough,..but not so coupled and spanged as..where they vse to plow with mares.
1625 J. Wodroephe Marrow French Tongue (ed. 2) 174 Haue you spanged (or yoaked) my horses to the chariot?
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spangadv.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
With a sudden spring or impetus; slap, smack. right spang, entirely, quite; exactly, fair.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > [adverb] > with sudden impulse
spang1843
the world > space > place > position or situation > [adverb] > exactly (in a certain position)
righta1225
meet1543
plumb1701
spang1843
smack-dab1892
bung1899
bang1924
slap-dab1949
slap-bang1963
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and suddenly
snap1583
whip-stitch1676
spang1843
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > utter > utterly
all outc1300
out and outc1300
at all devicec1385
to devicec1385
right out?1543
up to the chin1546
up to the eyes1607
upsy Friese1609
up to the (or one's) eyebrowsa1627
all hollow1762
(immersed, steeped) to the lipsa1822
all ends up1850
fair and square1870
right spang1884
to the wide1895
a (also one) hundred per cent1911
1843–8 in Thornton Amer. Gloss. (at cited word)
1884 J. C. Harris Nights with Uncle Remus 196 He drapt right spang in de middle er de fier.
1901 Munsey's Mag. 24 806/2 Crack went the trigger, and spang went the ball.
1921 D. F. Canfield Brimming Cup v. 65 The brooks were..all running spang full to the very edge with snow-water.
1925 P. G. Wodehouse Sam the Sudden xiii. 91 If he thinks a young bride's going to stand for that sort of conduct right plumb spang in the middle of what you might call the honeymoon, [etc.].
1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xxxii. 547 So you needs a spang new pretty dress.
1962 Punch 26 Dec. 943/1 With its superb flair for the nostalgic and traditional the BBC has put this year's Christmas spang in the middle of its dramatised version of The Old Curiosity Shop.
1971 ‘D. Cory’ Sunburst xiii. 212 Will you look at that?.. Spang in the middle of the bloody road.
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