spavinedadj.
/ˈspavɪnd/ a. Of horses, etc.: Affected with spavin; having a spavin. Also absol. (of persons).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > disorders of legs > tumour
spavinedc1430
gouty?1523
gourded1610
windgalled1665
gorged1688
splinted1697
gourdy1704
ringboned1712
spavied1786
grapy1838
curby1841
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. civ. 114 With whiche [garments] queyntisen hem as wel the halte, the boistouse, the spaueyned, the blynde, the embosed, the maymed and oothere.
1684 London Gaz. No. 1965/4 A brown bay Gelding,..a little Spavend of his near Leg behind.
1727 W. Somerville Bald Batchelor in Poems (1810) 215/2 A mare,..Though she be spavin'd, old, and blind, With founder'd feet, and broken wind.
1788 J. May Jrnl. 18 Apr. (1873) (modernized text) 19 I observed my horse to be lame... Some said he was hipped, others spavined.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. vi. 115 He..made a present to Andrew of a broken-winded and spavined poney.
1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xiii. 106 [He] had ridden over..on a poor spavined brute belonging to the bishop's stable.
b. figurative. Lame, halting, maimed, etc.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [adjective]
limphalta700
lamec725
haltc893
cripplec1230
alamedc1275
crippleda1400
left-handeda1425
limb-take1519
limp-legged1523
limpish1570
lamish1592
limping1599
spavined1647
hip-shotten1648
hamble-shanked1661
hop-legged1714
cripply1775
bockety1842
estropiated1917
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 37 If any have a minde to ride poste, he will helpe them with a fresh spavin'd Opinion at every Stage.
1822 Ld. Byron Vision of Judgm. xci Ere the spavin'd dactyls could be spurr'd Into recitative.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ix. 93 After a diversified series of spavined efforts, the mystical number forms its triangle at the table.
1863 Sat. Rev. 200 We turn our spavined horses out to grass..; we are sadly in need of some analogous arrangement for spavined Christians.
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