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spavin


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spavin  \Spav"in\,  n.  [OE.  spaveyne  OF  esparvain  F. 
  ['e]parvin;  akin  to  OF  espervier  a  sparrow  hawk,  F. 
  ['e]pervier,  fr  OHG.  sparw[=a]ri  (G.  sperber),  fr  OHG. 
  sparo  sparrow,  because  this  disease  makes  the  horse  raise  the 
  infirm  leg  in  the  manner  of  a  sparrow  hawk  or  sparrow.  See 
  {Sparrow}.]  (Far.) 
  A  disease  of  horses  characterized  by  a  bony  swelling 
  developed  on  the  hock  as  the  result  of  inflammation  of  the 
  bones;  also  the  swelling  itself  The  resulting  lameness  is 
  due  to  the  inflammation,  and  not  the  bony  tumor  as  popularly 
  supposed.  --Harbaugh. 
 
  {Bog  spavin},  a  soft  swelling  produced  by  distention  of  the 
  capsular  ligament  of  the  hock;  --  called  also  {blood 
  spavin}. 
 
  {Bone  spavin},  spavin  attended  with  exostosis;  ordinary 
  spavin. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spavin 
  n  :  a  swelling  of  the  hock  joint  of  a  horse;  resulting  in 
  lameness 




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