Murrain

/ˈmʌɹ(ɪ)n/

Synonyms for "murrain" (16 found)

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Closest matches (4)

black death
Noun(3 words)
bovine pestilencecattle diseasecattle plague

Strong matches (4)

Related words (8)

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More general

3 entries
animal diseasediseaseillness

More specific

8 entries
bovine plaguecattle fevercattle plaguecontagionepidemicoutbreakplaguerinderpest

Collocations

5 entries
bovine murraincattle murrainepizootic murrainhistoric murrainmurrain outbreak

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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But if thou refuse, and withhold them still: Behold my hand shall be upon thy fields; and a very grievous murrain upon thy horses, and asses, and camels, and oxen, and sheep.

Source: tatoeba (7991141)

How a murryen came this chaunce, (ſay Tib) vnto our dame?

Source: wiktionary

For heuen it ſelfe ſhall their ſucceſſe enuy, / And them vvith plagues and murrins peſtilent / Conſume, till all their vvarlike puiſſaunce be ſpent.

Source: wiktionary

Rafe. […] [T]his ſhooe I durſt be ſworne / Once couered the inſtep of my Jane: / […] / By this old ſhooe I shall find out my wife. / Firke. Ha ha olde ſhoo, that wert new, how a murren came this ague fit of fooliſhnes upon thee?

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