† span-countern.

Etymology: < span n.¹ or span v.¹ and counter n.³ Compare span-farthing n.

Obsolete.

A game in which the object of one player was to throw his counters so close to those of his opponent that the distance between them could be spanned with the hand. Common in the early part of the 17th cent.

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span-counter1566

hand-point1659

span-farthing1688

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Gvj A man that..is gladde, To playe at quoytes, or spancounter.

1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 156 For his fathers sake, in whose time boyes plaide at spanne-counter with Frenche Crownes.

1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will 1589 in Wks. (Grosart) VI. 149 I was close vnder a hedge, or vnder a barne wall, playing at spanne Counter, or Iacke in a boxe.

1647 H. Peacham Worth of Peny 32 I would wish them to venture at Span-Counter and Dust-Point with schole-boyes.

1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 50 To play at Cat, Trap, Span-counter.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xii. 198 Rich enough to play at span-counter with moidores.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	span-counter
释义	† span-countern. Etymology: < span n.¹ or span v.¹ and counter n.³ Compare span-farthing n. Obsolete. A game in which the object of one player was to throw his counters so close to those of his opponent that the distance between them could be spanned with the hand. Common in the early part of the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > other table games > [noun] > span-counter or farthing span-counter1566 hand-point1659 span-farthing1688 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Gvj A man that..is gladde, To playe at quoytes, or spancounter. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 156 For his fathers sake, in whose time boyes plaide at spanne-counter with Frenche Crownes. 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will 1589 in Wks. (Grosart) VI. 149 I was close vnder a hedge, or vnder a barne wall, playing at spanne Counter, or Iacke in a boxe. 1647 H. Peacham Worth of Peny 32 I would wish them to venture at Span-Counter and Dust-Point with schole-boyes. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 50 To play at Cat, Trap, Span-counter. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xii. 198 Rich enough to play at span-counter with moidores.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1566
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