braxy

American  

[brak-see] / ˈbræk si /

noun

1. Also called bradsot. an acute inflammatory disease of the intestines of sheep, caused by a bacterium, Clostridium septicum.

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adjective

1. affected with braxy.

braxy British  

/ ˈbræksɪ /

noun

1. an acute and usually fatal bacterial disease of sheep characterized by high fever, coma, and inflammation of the fourth stomach, caused by infection with Clostridium septicum

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Etymology

Origin of braxy

1775–85; back formation from braxes ( brax for bracks (plural of brack, Old English brǣc rheum; akin to break ) + -es plural ending)

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Example Sentences

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braxy

My boy, our business is not to call hard names, but to take things as we find them, as the Highlandman said when he ate the braxy mutton. 

From Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley

He had eaten grossly of flesh—the first time since the spring, and then it had only been braxy lamb.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan

"Very curious," thought Montaiglon, making poor play with his braxy ham.

From Doom Castle by Neil Munro

Aiblains, the old ram’s cassen, but he’s no trake yet: And, at the worst, he’ll be no braxy carcase When he’s cold mutton.

From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

They lived mostly on what they managed to raise and rear among themselves—holding braxy mutton good enough for feast-days, and oatmeal porridge all the year round the finest food for men and bairns alike.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various

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