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Resulting in lameness
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spavin
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spavin \Spav"in\, n. [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F. ['e]parvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F. ['e]pervier, fr. OHG. sparw[=a]ri (G. sperber), fr. OHG. sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the infirm leg in the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
disease of the hock joint of a horse, early 15c., from Middle French espavain (Modern French épavin , cognate with Italian spavenio , Spanish esparavan ); in most sources said to be perhaps from Frankish *sparwan "sparrow" (see sparrow ), on the supposition ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Spavin is a condition in livestock. It may refer to: Bone spavin , a type of osteoarthritis that often causes lameness Bog spavin , a swelling condition that does not cause lameness, but may be produced by something that does
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.
Usage examples of spavin.
Pearlie started laughing again, Smoke swung down from the saddle, exhausted by a long night ride to reach the herd as soon as he could, resting his Palouse more often on the return trip to spare it any bog spavins or other lameness.
From every side Worlington Dodds heard of yearlings, of windgalls, of roarers, of spavins, of cribsuckers, of a hundred other terms which were as unintelligible to him as his own Stock Exchange jargon would have been to the company.