2. Whatever produces spawn of any kind.
SPAY
Spay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Spaying.] Etym:
[Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu to geld, L. spado a
eunuch, Gr.
Defn: To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
SPAY
Spay, n. Etym: [Cf. Spade a spay, Spay, v. t.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
SPAYAD; SPAYADE
Spay"ad, Spay"ade, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A spay.
SPEAK Speak, v. i. [imp. Spoke (Spake ( Archaic); p. p. Spoken (Spoke, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n. Speaking.] Etym: [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG. sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sphurj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. Spark of fire, Speech.]
1. To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak. Till at the last spake in this manner. Chaucer. Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. 1 Sam. iii. 9.
2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. Boyle. An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. Shak. During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. Macaulay.