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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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
Use it for caked bags, or garget, for cuts, cracks, scratches or sores on udder or teats.
From Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Co.
Many cheese makers think that the milk from an animal suffering from a garget may be the cause of the huffing of cheese.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Hastings, Edwin George
For example, if an animal be suffered to feed in wet lands, the feet and external surface become cold; and hence diarrhœa, catarrh, garget, dysentery, &c.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
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
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