a. Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious. [ 1913 Webster ]

The longspun allegories fulsome grow,
While the dull moral lies too plain below. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from the length of the hind claw. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (Calcarius Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (Calcarius ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]