gid

American

[gid] / gɪd /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

a disease of cattle and especially of sheep in which the brain or spinal cord is infested with larvae of the dog tapeworm, Multiceps multiceps, producing staggers.

gid British

/ ɡɪd /

noun

a disease of sheep characterized by an unsteady gait and staggering, caused by infestation of the brain with tapeworms ( Taenia caenuris )

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Etymology

Origin of gid

First recorded in 1550–60; back formation from giddy

Example Sentences

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Freckle-face pulled the ear of my little gid pup.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

An’ they gid down by yon sea-side, An’ down by yon sea-stran’; Sae bonny did the Hollan boats Come rowin’ to their han’.

From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank

Wi'that she gid me a beautiful spreg o' jessamy, jist a pickt vrom tha poorch,—tha smill war za zweet.

From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by Jennings, James

Sturdy, stur′di, n. the gid, a disease affecting young sheep with staggering and stupor, caused by a species of tapeworm in the brain.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

I cyan' gid dis yeh t'ing loose--oh! m-m-m-m!

From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington

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