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verb (used with object)
Chiefly Scot.
to wean.
Origin:
1565–75;
variant of dial.
spane,
Middle English
spanen;
cognate with
Low German,
Dutch
spenen,
German
(dial.)
Spänen
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to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
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