1) Animal disease 2) French word used in English
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Murrain n is an antiquated term for various infectious diseases affecting cattle and sheep. It literally means `death` and was used in medieval times to represent just that. Murrain did not refer to a specific disease, but was an umbrella term for what are now recognized as a number of different diseases, including rinderpest, erysipelas, foot-a.....
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originally a catch-all term for animal diseases (R 168)
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epidemic or plague affecting livestock
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• (n.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. • (a.) Having, or afflicted with, murrain.
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originally a catch-all term for animal diseases (R 168)
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Mur'rain adjective Having, or afflicted with, murrain.
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Mur'rain noun [ Middle English
moreine , Old French
morine , from Old French
morir ,
murir , 8die, Latin
mori ,
moriri .]
(Far.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.
Bacon. A murrain on you ,
may you be afflicted with a p...
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[n] - any plaguelike disease of domestic animals
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murrain 1. An infectious disease that affects cattle; for example, anthrax. 2. Any plague-like disease of domestic animals. 3. A plague or an infectious and fast-spreading disease. 4. Etymology: 'cattle plague', about 1330, from Old French moraine, 'pestilence' from mourir, 'to die' from Latin mori.
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[Ivanhoe] a pestilence or plague
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[The Tempest] a disease of cattle.
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noun any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague
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any of various diseases of cattle, as anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, and Texas fever. · a plague or pestilence.
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