'span-new' definitions:
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span-new \span"-new`\ (sp[a^]n"n[=u]`), a. [Icel. sp[=a]nn[=y]r,
properly, new as a ship just split; sp[=a]nn chip + n[=y]r
new. See Spoon, and New.]
Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. "A span-new archbishop's
chair." --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
