spavined
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spavined
- /ˈspævɪnd/ US, UK
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English spaueyned, from spavein, spaveine (“swelling on horse’s leg causing lameness; disease causing lameness in horses”) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and the past tense and past participle forms of weak verbs). By surface analysis, spavin + -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives from nouns, denoting having the objects represented by the nouns; and forming past tenses of regular verbs).
adjective more spavined · most spavined
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Of a horse: having spavin (“a disease of horses caused by a bony swelling which develops in a leg due to inflammation”).
[H]e […] made a present to Andrew of a broken-winded and spavined poney, in order to enable him to pursue his journey.
Similar: spavindy · Opposite: unspavined
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Of a person: lame due to a leg disease.
Similar: halt, halting, limping · Opposite: unspavined
- Of a person or a thing: old, worn-out; also, obsolete. I’m a spavined old warrior, and I don’t have much time left in this world, but I still have a few tricks to teach these whippersnappers.
verb
- simple past and past participle of spavin
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title = {spavined},
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