Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Spavin \Spav"in\, n. [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F.
['e]parvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F.
['e]pervier, fr. OHG. sparw[=a]ri (G. sperber), fr. OHG.
sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the
infirm leg in the manner of a sparrow hawk or sparrow. See
{Sparrow}.] (Far.)
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. --Harbaugh.
{Bog spavin}, a soft swelling produced by distention of the
capsular ligament of the hock; -- called also {blood
spavin}.
{Bone spavin}, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary
spavin.
Bog \Bog\, n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir.
bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.]
1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable
matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to
sink; a marsh; a morass.
Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit, Of
treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. --R.
Jago.
2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and
grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.]
{Bog bean}. See {Buck bean}.
{Bog bumper} (bump, to make a loud noise), {Bog blitter},
{Bog bluiter}, {Bog jumper}, the bittern. [Prov.]
{Bog butter}, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found
in the peat bogs of Ireland.
{Bog earth} (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of
silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. --P. Cyc.
{Bog moss}. (Bot.) Same as {Sphagnum}.
{Bog myrtle} (Bot.), the sweet gale.
{Bog ore}. (Min.)
(a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a
variety of brown iron ore, or limonite.
(b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese.
{Bog rush} (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass.
{Bog spavin}. See under {Spavin}.
Source : WordNet®
bog spavin
n : spavin caused by collection of fluids