Definition of Spaven
Spav"in (?), n. [OE. spaveyne,
OF. esparvain, F. éparvin; akin to OF.
espervier a sparrow hawk, F. épervier, fr. OHG.
sparwāri (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.
Spav"in (?), n. [OE. spaveyne,
OF. esparvain, F. éparvin; akin to OF.
espervier a sparrow hawk, F. épervier, fr. OHG.
sparwāri (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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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