2 entries under this word

Spay

Spāy, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SPAYED; p. pr. & vb. n. SPAYING.] [Cf. Armor. spachein, spaza, to geld, W. yspaddu, to exhaust, to empty, dyspaddu, to geld, Lat. spado, a eunuch, Gr. σπάδων, from σπάειν, σπᾷν, to draw out.] To extirpate the ovaries of; to castrate; — said only of female animals.

Spāy, n.

noun

n. [See supra.] The male of the red deer in his third year.