Definitions for spavin
ˈspæv ɪnspavin

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spavinnoun

   a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spavinnoun

   A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spavinnoun

   This disease in horses is a bony excrescence or crustas hard as a bone, that grows on the inside of the hough, not far from the elbow, and is generated of the same matter by which the bones or ligaments are nourished: it is at first like a tender gristle, but by degrees comes to hardness. Farrier’s Dict.

   Etymology: espavent, Fr. spavano, Italian.

   They’ve all new legs and lame ones; one would take it,
   That never saw them pace before, the spavin,
   And springhalt reign’d among them. William Shakespeare.

   If it had been a spavin, and the ass had petitioned for another farrier, it might have been reasonable. Roger L'Estrange.

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1. spavin

   Spavin is a veterinary term referring to a degenerative disease affecting horse's lower leg joints, specifically the hock joint. It causes lameness and is characterized by pain, swelling, and growth of a bony enlargement. Typically, it is classified as either bone spavin, which involves degeneration of the bone, or bog spavin, which involves inflammation of the joint capsule.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Spavinnoun

   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

2. Etymology: [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F. parvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F. pervier, fr. OHG. sparwri (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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spavin

   spav′in, n. a disease of horses occurring under two different forms—bog-spavin, in which the hock-joint is distended with dark-coloured synovia or joint-oil, and bone-spavin, in which a bony enlargement occurs towards the inside of the hock, at the head of the shank-bone, or between some of the small bones of the hock.—adj. Spav′ined, affected with spavin. [O. Fr. esparvain (Fr. éparvin)—Old High Ger. sparo, sparwe, a sparrow.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spavin in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spavin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spavin
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spavin
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=spavin
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spavin
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=spavin