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spayad

spayad is the obsolete form of spayard.

Meaning of spayard

Noun

spayard (plural spayards)

  1. (obsolete) The hart in its third year; a young deer.
    • 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.1865 April 22, unattributed, “Antlers”, in All the Year Round, page 304

Forms of spayad

pluralspayads

Questions about spayad

What is spayad the obsolete form of?
Spayad is the obsolete form of spayard.

Words near spayad in the dictionary

  1. spawny
  2. spaws
  3. spaxel
  4. spaxels
  5. spay
  6. spayad
  7. spayads
  8. spayard
  9. spayards
  10. spayart
  11. spayarts

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