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Search phrase: span

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.iii.236Embowelled of their doctrine, have left offspan.Embowel'd of their doctrine, haue left off
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.127That the stretching of a spanThat the stretching of a span,
Henry VIIIH8 III.ii.140To steal from spiritual leisure a brief spanTo steale from Spirituall leysure, a briefe span
OthelloOth II.iii.67O, man's life's but a span;Oh, mans life's but a span,
Timon of AthensTim V.iii.3Timon is dead, who hath outstretched his span.Tymon is dead, who hath out-stretcht his span,

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Glossary

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Althaea[al'thaya] mother of Meleager, whose life-span was determined by the preservation of a magic log; when Althaea burnt the log on a fire, Meleager died
Meleager[pron: melee'ager] son of Althaea, his life-span determined by an unburnt magic log; he murdered his uncles in a quarrel over the killing of a boar ravaging the fields in Calydon; in her rage Althaea burnt Meleager’s log on a fire, and he died
spanhand breadth [from tip of thumb to tip of little finger, when the hand is extended]
spanspan of life
spanmeasure out, delimit, determine
span-countergame in which counters were thrown to fall within a hand-span of the opponent's

Thesaurus

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life, span of span
span of lifespan

Themes and Topics

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Clothing
Past tenses
Classical mythology
Latin
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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SPANBASICspan n, span v
SPANGAMEspan-counter n

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