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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Spay

/spā/ · IPA /speɪ/
01 v. t. To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
imp. & p. p. Spayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Spaying
  1. 1.
    To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
02 n. The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
  1. 1.
    The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.(Zool.)