Spān'-new, a.

(-nū), a. [A.-S. spōn, a chip or splinter of wood; Ger. span and new, i. e., as new as a chip just split; Prov. Ger. span-neu, span-nagel-neu, funkelnagelneu. Cf. SPICK AND SPAN NEW.] Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. “A span-new archbishop’s chairs.” Fuller.