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Garget
//ˈɡɑː(ɹ)ɡɪt// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An inflammation on a cow's or sheep's udder; synonym of mastitis. archaic
"Chronic indurations will sometimes remain after the inflammation of garget has been subdued; they will be somewhat tender, and they will always lessen the quantity of milk."
- 2 tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous wordnet
- 3 A distemper in pigs accompanied by staggering and loss of appetite.
- 4 Pokeweed.
Etymology
From Middle English garget, gargate (“throat”), from Old French gargate. Compare gorge.
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