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Bog spavin
Bog Bog, n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass. Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit, Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. --R. Jago. 2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.] Bog bean. See Buck bean. Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Bog blitter, Bog bluiter, Bog jumper, the bittern. [Prov.] Bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland. Bog earth (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. --P. Cyc. Bog moss. (Bot.) Same as Sphagnum. Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale. Bog ore. (Min.) (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese. Bog rush (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass. Bog spavin. See under Spavin.
Spavined
Spavined Spav"ined, a. Affected with spavin.

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- Look up spavin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spavin is a condition in livestock. It may refer to: Bone spavin, a type of osteoarthritis that often...
- Bone spavin is a bony growth within the lower hock joint of horse or cattle. It is caused by osteoarthritis, and the degree of lameness that results can...
- Bog spavin is a swelling of the tibiotarsal joint of the horse's hock which, in itself, does not cause lameness. The joint becomes distended by excess...
- Alan Spavin (20 February 1942 – 16 March 2016) was an English footballer. A product of Preston North End's youth system, he featured in over 400 league...
- synovium is called bog spavin. Degenerative joint disease of the tarsometatarsal or distal intertarsal joint is referred to as bone spavin. Curb, or tarsal...
- from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016. Croce, Maria; Spavin, Vicky (27 October 2001). "From Mags to Riches". Daily Record. Glasgow:...
- had to move him to the 8th place because of unilateral cryptorchidism and spavin". Maakcenter.org. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved...
- veterinary medicine, tiludronic acid is used to treat navicular disease and bone spavin in horses. Its tradenames are Tildren and Equidronate. It is approved for...
- O'Shea 1942 China Girl Major Bull Weed 1943 Forever and a Day Archibald Spavin (hotel doorman) 1944 Tampico Fred Adamson 1944 Roger Touhy, Gangster Herman...
- lamenesses or blemishes (defects that do not cause lameness) in horses. Bog spavin: excessive synovial fluid in the tarsocrural joint, which leads to a large...