spavin
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Via Middle English, shortening of Old French espavin, variant of esparvain, from Frankish *sparwan (“sparrow”), see sparrow.
Noun[edit]
spavin (plural spavins)
- A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter XII
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- “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. […] ”
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- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter XII
