spavev.
Scottish and northern.
transitive. To spay. Also intransitive. Of an animal: To undergo spaying.
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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.
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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].
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