spayard

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspaɪə(ɹ)d/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ.ə(ɹ)d

Noun

spayard (plural spayards)

  1. (obsolete) The hart in its third year; a young deer.
    Alternative forms: spay; (obsolete) spayad, spayade, spayart
    Hypernyms: hart < deer < cervid < ungulate
    Coordinate terms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, pricket, spitter
    • 1865 April 22, unattributed, “Antlers”, in All the Year Round, page 304:
      A new membrane destined to be converted into horn develops itself, pushing away the old horn, and the spayard drops his dags, the stag and the hart their horns with antlers.
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