garget
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of garget
1580–90; earlier, inflammation of the head or throat in livestock, apparently the same word as Middle English garget, gargat throat < Middle French gargate
Example Sentences
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Tom tripped upstairs to the garret, and returned with a bunch of garget berries, with which they stained their faces and hands.
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Coffin, Charles Carleton
There is some reason to believe that organisms coming from cases of garget have been responsible for the extensive outbreaks of septic sore throat that have occurred in some parts of the country.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Hastings, Edwin George
Thus:— Tâs, father, tassow. fôs, wall, fossow. lêr, floor, lerryow. gêr, word, gerryow. garget, garter, gargettow. b.
From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry
The most common is where the milk is clotted or stringy when drawn, as in some forms of garget.
From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by Russell, H. L. (Harry Luman)
There are also a number of inflammatory udder troubles known as garget or mammitis.
From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by Russell, H. L. (Harry Luman)
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