Register Log In Wordsmith Talk Forums General Topics Miscellany Again and against Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: -ter and in- #121110 01/24/2004 10:02 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 It occurred to me to wonder what bitches are "spayed". spay PRONUNCIATION: sp TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: spayed, spay·ing, spays To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal). ETYMOLOGY: Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword, from espee, sword, from Latin spatha. See spathe. I used to have a colleague named "Spadea" - something about swords in his ancestry? Notice also that modern "épée used to be "espee" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Again and against hibernicus 01/24/2004 3:40 AM Re: Again and against jheem 01/24/2004 6:28 AM Re: Again and against Jenet 01/24/2004 10:34 AM Re: With and against Faldage 01/24/2004 2:30 PM Re: With and against wwh 01/24/2004 2:37 PM Re: With and against jheem 01/24/2004 5:13 PM Re: With and against jheem 01/24/2004 5:10 PM Re: Again and against jheem 01/24/2004 5:06 PM -ter and in- Jenet 01/24/2004 6:42 PM Re: -ter and in- jheem 01/24/2004 7:49 PM Re: -ter and in- wwh 01/24/2004 8:01 PM Re: -ter and in- jheem 01/24/2004 8:35 PM Re: -ter and in- Buffalo Shrdlu 01/24/2004 9:11 PM Re: -ter and in- wwh 01/24/2004 10:02 PM Re: -ter and in- jheem 01/24/2004 11:29 PM Re: -ter and in- Wordwind 01/24/2004 11:35 PM Re: -ter and in- jheem 01/24/2004 11:54 PM Re: -ter and in- wwh 01/25/2004 12:42 AM Re: -ter and in- Faldage 01/24/2004 10:42 PM Re: -th, -ther, -therest Wordwind 01/24/2004 10:52 PM Re: -ter and in- hibernicus 01/26/2004 11:06 AM Re: -ter and in- jheem 01/26/2004 12:43 PM Re: Blues in Bb Buffalo Shrdlu 01/31/2004 4:32 PM Re: Again and against hibernicus 01/26/2004 11:01 AM re- and with Jenet 01/24/2004 10:44 AM Re: re- and with jheem 01/24/2004 4:59 PM Re: Again and against belMarduk 01/25/2004 12:49 AM Re: Again and against Capfka 01/25/2004 10:19 AM Re: Again and against belMarduk 01/25/2004 11:36 AM Re: Kissy-wissy AnnaStrophic 01/25/2004 2:54 PM Re: Kissy-wissy Wordwind 01/25/2004 3:27 PM Re: Again and against jheem 01/25/2004 3:44 PM Re: Again and against belMarduk 01/25/2004 11:28 PM Re: Again and against wwh 01/25/2004 11:44 PM Re: Again and against jheem 01/26/2004 2:21 AM Re: Again and against hibernicus 01/26/2004 10:48 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,311 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith Talk