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

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

I ate for supper most of the braxy ham and oatcake I had brought from Macmorran's cottage.

From Mr. Standfast by John Buchan

After breakfasting on my last morsels of food—a knuckle of braxy and a bit of oatcake—I set about tracking him from the place where he had first entered the glen.

From Mr. Standfast by John Buchan

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

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

From Doom Castle by Neil Munro

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