"spean" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spiːn/ Forms: speans [plural]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Middle English *spene, *spane, from Old English spane, spanu (“teat”), from Proto-West Germanic *spanu, *spenu, from Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”), from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“breast; teat”). Cognate with West Frisian spien (“nipple”), Dutch speen (“nipple”), Danish spene (“teat”), Swedish spene (“teat, nipple, dug”), Icelandic speni (“teat”). Alternatively a borrowing from Dutch speen (“nipple, teat”), from the same Proto-Germanic origin as above. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*spene}} Middle English *spene, {{m|enm|*spane}} *spane, {{inh|en|ang|spane}} Old English spane, {{m|ang|spanu|t=teat}} spanu (“teat”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*spanu}} Proto-West Germanic *spanu, {{m|gmw-pro|*spenu}} *spenu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*spenô|t=nipple}} Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pstḗn|t=breast; teat}} Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“breast; teat”), {{cog|fy|spien|t=nipple}} West Frisian spien (“nipple”), {{cog|nl|speen|t=nipple}} Dutch speen (“nipple”), {{cog|da|spene|t=teat}} Danish spene (“teat”), {{cog|sv|spene|t=teat, nipple, dug}} Swedish spene (“teat, nipple, dug”), {{cog|is|speni|t=teat}} Icelandic speni (“teat”), {{bor|en|nl|speen|t=nipple, teat}} Dutch speen (“nipple, teat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} spean (plural speans)
  1. (archaic or dialectal) A teat or nipple of a cow. Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-spean-en-noun-5uDadaJ~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spane [Scotland], spene, speen [Kent], spaine, speane [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /spiːn/, /spiːn/ Forms: speans [present, singular, third-person], speaning [participle, present], speaned [participle, past], speaned [past]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Middle English spanen (“to wean”); see spane. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|spanen|t=to wean}} Middle English spanen (“to wean”), {{m|en|spane}} spane Head templates: {{en-verb}} spean (third-person singular simple present speans, present participle speaning, simple past and past participle speaned)
  1. Archaic form of spane. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: spane
    Sense id: en-spean-en-verb-8gCLa4kc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spane [Scotland], spene, speen [Kent], spaine, speane [obsolete]
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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