- spav
- spav·in;spav·in·dy;spav·ined;spav·ine;
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spav|in — «SPAV uhn», noun. 1. a disease of horses in which a bony swelling forms at the hock, causing lameness. 2. a less serious disease of horses in which the capsule of tissue at the hock fills with fluid. ╂[< Old French espavain, probably < a… … Useful english dictionary
spav|ined — «SPAV swa>nd», adjective. 1. having spavin. 2. Figurative. lame; crippled: »Even by its own spavined standards the native product is poor (London Times) … Useful english dictionary
spavin — spav·in … English syllables
spavindy — spav·in·dy … English syllables
spavin — spav·in spav ən n a bony enlargement of the hock of a horse associated with strain spav·ined ənd adj * * * spav·in (spavґin) 1. any of various enlargements of the tarsus of equines, usually medially and distal to the tibiotarsal articulation and… … Medical dictionary
spavined — spav·ined (spavґind) affected with spavin … Medical dictionary
spavin — /spav in/, n. Vet. Pathol. 1. a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin), bony growth (bone spavin), or distention of the veins (blood spavin). 2. an excrescence or enlargement so… … Universalium
spavined — /spav ind/, adj. 1. suffering from or affected with spavin. 2. being of or marked by a decrepit or broken down condition: a spavined old school bus abandoned in a field. [1400 50; late ME spaveyned. See SPAVIN, ED3] * * * … Universalium
spavin — [ spavɪn] noun a disorder of a horse s hock. Derivatives spavined adjective Origin ME: shortening of OFr. espavin, var. of esparvain, of Gmc origin … English new terms dictionary
spavine — spav·ine … English syllables
