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Spanner   Listen
noun
spanner  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. (Chiefly British usage)
4.
pl. A contrivance in some of the earlier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.





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