n. A contagious disease of horses, resembling glanders.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A contagious disease of horses, associated with painful ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the same nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also farcin, and farcimen.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A disease of horses; a form of equinia. See equinia.
Word Usage
"These nodes, which are known as farcy "buds" and farcy "buttons," are from the size of a bullet to the size of a walnut."