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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1650-1657
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Spanner, n. Also ? erroneous form: spame. [e.m.E. spanner (1639), Germ. spanner.] An instrument for winding up the spring in a wheel-lock firearm. — 1650 Acts VI ii 625/2.
Fourteine pundis money for ilk paire of pistollis vlster and spanner 1657 Balfour Ann. IV 217.
The paire of pistoles, with spames and hulsters, to be sold at 14 lib.
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