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Spavin
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Spavin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/spavin.html. 1828.