gid

American  

[gid] / gɪd /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. 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.

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gid British  

/ ɡɪd /

noun

1. 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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gid

Fervo Energy stock rises after the company’s geothermal development delivers power to the gid for the first time.

From Barron's

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

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

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

"You mighd gid robb' ag'in, you know, 'Sieur Frowenfel'," she said.

From The Grandissimes by George Washington Cable

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 Frank Sidgwick