"spavined" meaning in English

See spavined in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more spavined [comparative], most spavined [superlative]
Etymology: From spavin + -ed. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|spavin|-ed|id2=adjectival}} spavin + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} spavined (comparative more spavined, superlative most spavined)
  1. Of a horse: having spavin.
    Sense id: en-spavined-en-adj-Mi5BNtrP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 34
  2. (figurative) Of a person: obsolete, old, worn-out. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-spavined-en-adj-0NPqLYJ1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed (adjectival): 28 43 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 39 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 58 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: crippled, lame

Verb

Etymology: From spavin + -ed. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|spavin|-ed|id2=adjectival}} spavin + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} spavined
  1. simple past and past participle of spavin Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: spavin
    Sense id: en-spavined-en-verb-Y-Izev9h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 34
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