subs. (old).—1. A sword: ‘that is (GROSE) spadone.’
1711. CENTLIVRE, Mar-plot, i. 1. By St. Anthony you shall feel what Mettle my SPADO is made of.
2. (old).—An eunuch. Hence SPADONIC = eunuchistic; and SPADONISM = eunuchry. In civil law (modern) = an impotent: also (provincial) = a gelding.
