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Spane vs Spang - What's the difference?

spane | spang |

As verbs the difference between spane and spang

is that spane is to wean; to spean while spang is to set with bright points: star or spangle.

As a noun spang is

a shiny ornament or object; a spangle.

As an adverb spang is

suddenly; slap, smack.

spane

English

Verb

(span)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) To wean; to spean.
  • (Webster 1913) ----

    spang

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A shiny ornament or object; a spangle
  • * Spenser
  • With glittering spangs that did like stars appear.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To set with bright points: star or spangle.
  • To hitch; fasten.
  • Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeia

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a flying object such as a bullet) To strike or ricochet with a loud report
  • * 1895 , (Stephen Crane), (The Red Badge of Courage)
  • Occasional bullets buzzed in the air and spanged into tree trunks.
  • * 1918 , (Zane Grey), The U.P. Trail
  • How clear, sweet, spanging the hammer blows!

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (dated) Suddenly; slap, smack.
  • * 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:
  • And I didn't stop until I found myself spang in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack.

    Etymology 3

    Probably from (spring) (verb) or (spank) (verb)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To leap; spring.
  • * Ramsay
  • But when they spang o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense.
  • (transitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A bound or spring; a leap.
  • (Sir Walter Scott)

    Etymology 4

    See (span)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A span.
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