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SPAVIN
spavin
(noun) a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
spavin (countable and uncountable, plural spavins)
A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.
Anagrams
• pavins
Source: Wiktionary
Spav"in, n. Etym: [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F. Ă©parvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F. Ă©pervier, fr. OHG. sparwari (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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
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