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English Dictionary: spay by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spay
v
  1. remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter, neuter, spay, castrate]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spay \Spay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Spaying}.] [Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu
      to geld, L. spado a eunuch, Gr. [?].]
      To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch;
      to castrate (a female animal).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spay \Spay\, n. [Cf. {Spade} a spay, {Spay}, v. t.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
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