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Definition of Murrain
1. Noun. Any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague.
Definition of Murrain
1. n. An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.
2. a. Having, or afflicted with, murrain.
Definition of Murrain
1. Noun. (archaic) Plague, infectious disease, pestilence. ¹
2. Noun. (context: now chiefly historical veterinary medicine) Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle such as anthrax. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Murrain
1. a disease of cattle [n -S]
Medical Definition of Murrain
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Murrain
Literary usage of Murrain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1884)
"Remainder 22 foals, of which 7 in murrain, hides accounted for above, and I in
tithe. ... 22, of which I in murrain, hide of nq value. And 21 remain. ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"The earliest record which we have of murrain is contained in tho account of the
... Visitations of plague or murrain are mentioned by Homer, Hippocrates, ..."
3. British Farmer's Magazine (1865)
"Of these several varieties of murrain, the 3rd—steppe murrain—is the subject of
this paper. Ver)' little ь yet known, scientifically speaking, ..."
4. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo (1875)
"And when winter comes, he causes inquiry to be made as to those who have lost
their cattle, whether by murrain or other mishap, and such persons not only go ..."
5. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor: Containing ... Information for by George H. Dadd (1851)
"... JOINT murrain. THIS malady, in its early stages, assumes different forms ;
sometimes making its appearance under a high grade of vital action, ..."
6. Proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the National Civil-Service Reform League by Meeting (1895)
"An old writer of the Thirteenth Century in England, during the time of Edward
the First, states: " This plague of murrain continued twenty-eight years ere ..."
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