单词 | spay |
释义 | † spayn. Obsolete. rare. A sluice. (Cf. spayer n.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice hatchOE clowa1250 lock1261 water lock1261 sluice1340 water gate1390 sewer-gate1402 spay1415 floodgatec1440 shuttlec1440 spayer1450 gate1496 falling gate1524 spoye1528 gote1531 penstock1542 ventil1570 drawgate1587 flood-hatch1587 turnpike1623 slaker1664 lock gate1677 hatchway1705 flash1768 turnpike-lock1771 sluice-gate1781 pound-lock1783 stop-gate1790 buck gate1791 slacker1797 aboiteau1802 koker1814 guard-lock1815 falling sluice1819 lasher1840 fender1847 tailgate1875 weir-hatch1875 wicket1875 1415 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 615 [A watergate, called a] scluys, [or a] speye. 1429 Cov. Leet Bk. 121 The residu of the money spended apon the makyng of the Town dyche, & the spey atte Gosford yate. 1451 Cov. Leet Bk. 258 The whiche portecoles, Spayes & Cheynes ben made & myche part of the dykes clansed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). spayv.ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > kill animal [verb (transitive)] > by specific method sticklOE worry1340 strikea1400 spaya1425 lipc1475 smeek1691 pith1805 whoo-whoop1812 halal1819 to bark1865 destroy1866 flight1892 lethalize1897 lethal1922 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) Prol. And after whann the hert is spaied and dede he vndothe hym. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiii Þen shulde who so be moste maister þere byd somme of þe hunters go spay hym euen behynde þe shulder forwarde to þe herte. 2. To operate upon (a female, esp. the female of certain animals) so as to remove the ovaries and destroy the reproductive power. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > castrate > spay spaya1425 geld1557 splay1601 spade1612 spave1671 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay > spay spaya1425 geld1557 unwoman1827 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xi And bycause þei shuld not lese her tyme, men make hem yspayed, saue þose men will kepe open to bere whelpes. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxvi. 186 The kydneys whiche Gelders take awaye from a bytche..when they spaye hir. 1586 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husb. (rev. ed.) iii. f. 150v The Sowes are spaide by burning the Matrixe with an iron. c1604 Charlemagne (1938) ii. 25 If she hadd beene spayed & all mankynd made Euenucks. 1639 T. de Gray Expert Farrier Ep. Ded., in Compl. Horseman ii. sig. b A Gelder who spayes more then a hundred Fillies. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 149 [He] knew..When Sows, and Bitches may be spade. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Bitch But if you would spay your Bitch, it must be done before ever she has a Litter of Whelps. 1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 297 He..spays about half the heifers. 1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 11 Out with your knife,..and spay those sows, That load the earth with pigs. 1879 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women iv. 48 Lastly, it has of late years frequently been decided to spay women in this disease. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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