spavien.
Scottish.
a. The spavin. Frequently figurative.
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ringbone1362
spavinc1500
curb?1523
thorough splint1577
splint1598
gourding1610
spavie1706
gourdiness1721
1706 in Maidment Pasquils (1827) 19 The seventh wife Davie, The seventh give him the spavie.
1786 R. Burns To Author in D. Sillar Poems 11 She'll never leave ye..even tho' limpan wi' the spavie Frae door tae door.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 218 I play'd my fillie sic a shavie, She's a' bedevil'd wi' the spavie.
a1813 A. Wilson Hogmenae in Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) II. 11 At length the twa carriers appear'd, The ne'er a ane then had the spavy.
b. attributive or as adj. Spavined. rare.
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1693 in Maidment Pasquils (1868) 272 Ye spur Your speavie mear too fast.
Derivatives
ˈspavied adj. spavined.
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spavinedc1430
gouty?1523
gourded1610
windgalled1665
gorged1688
splinted1697
gourdy1704
ringboned1712
spavied1786
grapy1838
curby1841
1786 R. Burns Poems 149 My spavet Pegasus will limp, Till ance he's fairly het.
1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 115 The spavy't creature never thrave, Wi' a' his care.
1853 W. Cadenhead Flights of Fancy 248 (E.D.D.) Like a spavied horse.
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