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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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