单词 | spavined |
释义 | spavinedadj. a. Of horses, etc.: Affected with spavin; having a spavin. Also absol. (of persons). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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