spavin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spavin	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spavin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spavin n a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spavin \Spav"in\, n. [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F. [82]parvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F. [82]pervier, fr. OHG. sparw[be]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.