Now dial. [Alteration of SPAY v.] trans. To spay (female animals). Also fig.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 230. Sowes also are splaied as well as camels.
1651. Cleveland, Poems, 4. Geld the loose wits, and let the Muse be splaid.
1663. Boyle, Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos., II. v. 234. The well-known practice of splaying swine and bitches.
1794. Bishton, View Agric. Salop, 10. The bull calves are cut, and many heifers splayed.
1841. Hartshorne, Salop. Ant., Gloss., Splay, to castrate an heifer.
