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ˈspavie Sc.
Also 7, 9 speavie, 9 spaivie, spavy, etc.
[Alteration of next.]
The spavin. Freq. fig.
1706in Maidment Pasquils (1827) 19 The seventh wife Davie, The seventh give him the spavie. 1785Burns Inventory 19, I play'd my fillie sic a shavie, She's a' be⁓devil'd wi' the spavie. 1785― 2nd Ep. to Davie viii, She'll never leave ye,..even tho' limpin' wi' the spavie Frae door to door. a1813A. Wilson Hogmenae Poet. Wks. (Belfast ed.) 293 At length the twa carriers appeared, The ne'er a ane then had the spavy.
b. attrib. or as adj. Spavined. rare—1.
1693in Maidment Pasquils (1868) 272 Ye spur Your speavie mear too fast.
Hence ˈspavied a., spavined.
1785Burns 1st Ep. to Davie xi, My spavet Pegasus will limp, Till ance he's fairly het. 1788Picken Poems 115 The spavy't creature never thrave, Wi' a' his care. 1853W. Cadenhead Bon-Accord 248 (E.D.D.), Like a spavied horse. |