Meanings
plural spayards
- obsoleteThe hart in its third year; a young deer.
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.
1865 April 22, unattributed, “Antlers”, in All the Year Round, page 304
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spayard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spayard
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