Span.
chip; shaving; clipping (small, usually flat, cut-off piece)
Meaning & usage
chip; shaving; clipping (small, usually flat, cut-off piece)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German spān, from Old High German spān (“chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-West Germanic *spānu (“chip, shaving”). Cognate with Old English spōn (“piece of wood, chip”). More at spoon.
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