spayard
English
Noun
spayard (plural spayards)
- (obsolete) The hart in its third year; a young deer
- 1865 April 22, unattributed, “Antlers”, in All the Year Round, page 304:
- 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.
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Synonyms
- spay
- spayad, spayade (obsolete)
- spayart (obsolete)