Meaning of Spavin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bony swelling which develops in a horse's leg where the shank and splint bone meet, caused by inflammation of the cartilage connecting those bones; also, a similar swelling caused by inflammation of the hock bones.
   countable
2. The stratum of earth underneath a coal deposit.
   rare, transitive
3. A disease of horses caused by this bony swelling (etymology 1 sense 1.1).
   uncountable
4. A similar disease causing a person's leg to be lame.
   broadly, uncountable

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Examples

“[H]is horſe hip'd vvith an olde mothy ſaddle, and ſtirrops of no kindred: beſides poſſeſt vvith the glanders, and like⟳ to moſe in the chine, troubled vvith the Lampaſſe, infected vvith the faſhions, full of VVindegalls, ſped vvith Spauins, raied vvith the Yellovvs, […]”

“Of ſpauens, there be tvvo kindes, the bone Spauen and the blood: for the bone Spauen, you ſhall dreſſe it in all things like⟳ the ſplent, and it vvil heale it. For the bloud ſpauen you ſhall take⟳ vp the veane, and vvhen it hath bled vve pull⟳ out the bladder vvhich holdes the ſpauen, and ſtop the vvound vvith Sage and ſalt, and it vvill heale it.”

“Doubtleſſe a Spauen is an euil ſorance, and cauſeth a horſe to haule principally in the beginning of his griefe, it appeareth on the hinder Legges vvithin, and againſt the ioynt, and it vvill bee a little ſvvolne, and ſome horſes haue a thorough Spauen, vvhich appeareth both vvithin and vvithout. Of the Spauen there are tvvo kindes, the one hard the other ſoft: That is: bone-Spauen, and a blood-Spauen, […] Caſt the horſe and vvith a hot yron ſlitte the fleſh that couereth the Spauen, and then lay⟳ vpon the Spauen, Cantharides and Euforbium boyled together in oile de Bay, […]”

“Mr. Field had seen the same horses brought to his forge from day to day, and year to year, with large spavins, yet continuing perfectly sound⟳.”

“[N]ovv the Bots, the Spauin, and the Glanders, and ſome doſen diſeaſes more, light⟳ on him, & his Moyles.”

“"As an inventor," Bob Mason suggested, "you're a howling success at shooting craps! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have⟳ that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let⟳ the boy help⟳ himself. Why monkey with weak imitations when you can come⟳ so close⟳ to the original."”

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