||Spa*næ"mi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; scarce + &?; blood.] (Med.) A
||condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the
||red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are
||deficient.
Spa*næ"mic (? or ?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to spanæmia; having
impoverished blood.
Span"cel (?), n. [Perhaps span + AS. sl a rope.] A rope used for tying
or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
Grose.
Span"cel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spanceled (?) or Spancelled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Spanceling or Spancelling.] To tie or hobble with a spancel. [Prov.
Eng. & Local, U.S.] Malone.
Span"dogs` (?), n. pl. A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and
timber.
Span"drel (?), n. [From Span.] 1. (Arch.) The irregular triangular
space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or
the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a
horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them.