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)

Example Sentences

Death in this case occurs from suffocation, though the morbid appearances exhibited by the carcass are frequently mistaken for those of braxy.

From Project Gutenberg

In some places the ewe lambs are never speaned, but allowed to go at large with their mothers; and though by this plan the dam is apt to be kept in poor condition, yet is this counterbalanced by the comparative freedom of the hogs from braxy.

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Six or eight species of braxy are enumerated by shepherds, but as they all bear a striking resemblance one to another, in their origin and progress, it is preferable to treat of them as one disease.

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The whole body, more particularly the abdomen, gives out a fetid gangrenous odour, which has procured for braxy the pastoral appéllation of "stinking ill" and renders the dissection far from pleasant.

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Any crude indigestible substance, taken into the stomach when the animal is in this state, will have a tendency to kindle braxy, and the liability to it will not only be heightened, but the chances of recovery will also be lessened, by the animal being in high condition.

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