spang

• POS: Adverb

CIDE DICTIONARY

spang, v. t. 

 To spangle.  [1913 Webster]

spang, v. i. 

 To spring; to bound; to leap.  [1913 Webster]
"But when they spang o'er reason's fence,
We smart for't at our own expense."  [1913 Webster]

spang, n. 

 A bound or spring.  Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]

spang, n. [AS. spange a clasp or fastening; akin to D. spang, G. spange, OHG. spanga, Icel. spöng a spangle.].

 A spangle or shining ornament.  [1913 Webster]
"With glittering spangs that did like stars appear."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

spang, adv. US colloq. exactly; completely (spang in the middle).

Etymology

20th c.: orig. unkn.