mange
[meynj]
noun Veterinary Pathology.
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
Origin of mange
1375–1425; late Middle English manjewe < Middle French mangeue an eating, itch, derivative of mangier to eat; see manger
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Historical Examples of mange
Most likely it has the mange now, or some disease ye will all be catching.
Four Little Blossoms at Brookside FarmMabel C. Hawley
Amid all the confusion and danger Mange's self-possession did not desert him.
Monte-Cristo's DaughterEdmund Flagg
Mange bowed in acknowledgment of this little tribute to himself.
Monte-Cristo's DaughterEdmund Flagg
Poor brute, she is a mass of mange and so skinny that her ribs stick out!
Round the Wonderful WorldG. E. Mitton
He had a little sore on his back that she soon found out was mange.
Beautiful JoeMarshall Saunders
mange
noun
Word Origin for mange
C14: from Old French mangeue itch, literally: eating, from mangier to eat
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mange
[mānj]
n.
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