span-new \span"-new`\ (sp[a^]n"n[=u]`), a. [Icel. sp[=a]nn[=y]r, properly, new as a ship just split; sp[=a]nn chip + n[=y]r new. See {Spoon}, and {New}.] Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. "A span-new archbishop's chair." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]