span (n.) Old form(s): spannes
hand breadth [from tip of thumb to tip of little finger, when the hand is extended]
AYL III.ii.127[Celia as Aliena reading, of a man] the stretching of a span / Buckles in his sum of age [i.e. life is so short]
TC II.ii.31[Troilus to Hector, of Priam] Will you ... buckle in a waist most fathomless / With spans and inches so diminutive / As fears and reasons?
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