Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spanner"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

spanner
n : a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
[syn: {wrench}]


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