spean

/spiːn/

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noun

A teat or nipple of a cow.

The Genital part is all nervy; the Tail ſmall; and the Hind hath Udders betwixt her Thighs, with four Speans or Tets, like a Cow.

verb

Archaic form of spane.

1899, Colville, Vernacular, page 15, Beginning life as a grice, the pig when speaned became a shot.

name

A river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into the River Lochy.

The Genital part is all nervy; the Tail ſmall; and the Hind hath Udders betwixt her Thighs, with four Speans or Tets, like a Cow.

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1899, Colville, Vernacular, page 15, Beginning life as a grice, the pig when speaned became a shot.

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