Spean
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /spiːn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spean is a noun meaning Archaic form of spane.
Meaning
Archaic form of spane.
More Meanings
- (archaic or dialectal) A teat or nipple of a cow.
Example Sentences
1899, Colville, Vernacular, page 15, Beginning life as a grice, the pig when speaned became a shot.
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.
Word Forms
- speans
- spene
- speen
- speane
- speaning
- speaned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include teat, panshon, lickspout, spilter, whinnock, spill.
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