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spavined

[spav-ind]

adjective

suffering from or affected with spavin.

being of or marked by a decrepit or broken-down condition: a spavined old school bus abandoned in a field.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English spaveyned. See spavin, -ed³

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spavined (ˈspævɪnd)

—*adj*
1.	vet science affected with spavin; lame
2.	decrepit or worn out

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