splay

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SPLAY, verb transitive [See Display.] 1. To dislocate or break a horses shoulder bone. 2. To spread. [Little used.] SPLAY, for display. [Not in use.] SPLAY, adjective Displayed; spread; turned outward.
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