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Spay : (verb)
1: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter,
neuter, castrate]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Spay : \Spay\, n. [Cf. Spade a spay, Spay, v. t.] (Zo["o]l.)
The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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