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Definitions for: Spay [v] remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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).
Spay, n. [Cf. Spade a spay, Spay, v. t.] (Zo["o]l.)
The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
Synonyms: alter, castrate, neuter
See Also: defeminise, defeminize, desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex
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