glandered
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of glandered
First recorded in 1660–70; glander(s) + -ed 3
Example Sentences
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He sets his kingdom up to the best bidder, like some scullion farrier selling a glandered horse.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The bite of the glandered horse is a rare means of infection.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
At the veterinary school at Alfort and at the farm of Lamirault in France several hundred horses which had passed examination as sound had placed among them glandered horses under various conditions.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
It is thus we battle with lung disease in bullocks, swine fever and glandered horses.
From Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
A horse slips and injures a joint; a horse stumbles and breaks his knees to the bone; a horse eats out of a manger in which a glandered horse has eaten.
From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre
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