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Definition of Spanners
Spanner Spanner Span"ner, n.
1. One who, or that which, spans.
2. The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine
itself. [Obs.]
3. An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head
of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench;
specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the
couplings of hose.
4. pl. A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for
moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting
off of the steam.
