单词 | spave |
释义 | spavev. Scottish and northern. transitive. To spay. Also intransitive. Of an animal: To undergo spaying. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > castrate > spay spaya1425 geld1557 splay1601 spade1612 spave1671 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (intransitive)] > undergo spaying spave1788 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ To Spay, Spade or Spave. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Speaved, gelded, barren. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 354 To Speeav (mid. dial. to spave), to spay, as a female calf. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 85 When cut, or spaved, they then with us obtain the name of heifers. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 432 Spaivers, persons who libb and spaive cattle. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 432 A young cow with calf..will not speave. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby A speeav'd whye. Derivatives ˈspaver n. a spayer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > castration or spaying > one who libber14.. geldera1425 cutter1562 spaver1824 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 372 Few men would I rather spend an hour with than Mr. Papple, the speaver. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 432 [see above]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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