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May 27, 2012
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span•cel



Pronunciation: (span'sul), [key]
—n., v., -celed, -cel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -celled, -cel•ling.

—n.
a noosed rope with which to hobble an animal, esp. a horse or cow.

—v.t.
to fetter with or as with a spancel.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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