a. rare. [f. SPAWN sb.] a. Like that of spawn. b. Resembling spawn. c. Spawning.
1669. W. Simpson, Hydrol. Chym., 372. If you pour Oyl of Tartar upon some of the fresh water, it makes a frisking spawny motion.
1786. Abercrombie, Arr., in Gard. Assist., p. x. Perpetuating its duration by a spawny progeny of the root.
1908. Daily Rec. & Mail, 9 March. It is rather amusing to be told … that ‘spawny’ herring are unfit for food.
