† speaningn.
Obsolete. rare.
A weaned pig.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young > weaned
shoat1413
speaning1536
weaner1865
1536 Cockersand Chartul. (Chetham) 1179 Store of swine. Item ix yong Spenynges... Item oone olde Hogge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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ˈspeaning
ˈspeaning n. (also attributive in speaning brash, speaning time; cf. spaning n. Compounds 1).
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > feeding > feeding offspring > weaning
weaning1382
spaningc1440
speaning1831
the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > associated with particular type of plant > crop or food plant
blast1750
speaning brash1872
reclamation disease1937
1831 P. Sellar County of Sutherland 75 in Farm-rep. That the aftermath may be, at speaning time, open to recruit the weakset [sic] and worst fed lambs.
1831 P. Sellar County of Sutherland 78 in Farm-rep. The speaning was performed nearly a fortnight sooner than had been formerly practised.
1872 H. Macmillan True Vine iii. 122 After a while the field of emerald loveliness looks suddenly sere and yellow... This remarkable change is caused by what the farmers call the ‘speanin brash’.
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