spaying
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“spaying” is listed under Spay.
Spay transitive verb [past tense & past participle Spayed; present participle & verbal noun Spaying.]
Origin: Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu to geld, L. spado a eunuch, Gr. ….
To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54