Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Spayed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spay \Spay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spaying}.] [Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu
to geld, L. spado a eunuch, Gr. ?.]
To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch;
to castrate (a female animal).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spayed
adj : (of a female animal) having the ovaries removed
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