Stag-evil

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Noun
  1. 1
    tetanus in the jaw of a horse obsolete, uncountable

    "The disease called by the farriers stag evil is one of the most obstinate and fatal that takes place , and appears to arise from some cause operating on the nervous system"

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"The disease called by the farriers stag evil is one of the most obstinate and fatal that takes place , and appears to arise from some cause operating on the nervous system"

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