Garget

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Mastitis of domestic animals, especially cattle.
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  • n. The throat.
  • n. An inflammation on a cow's udder.
  • n. A distemper in pigs accompanied by staggering and loss of appetite.
  • n. Obsolete form of poke.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The throat.
  • n. A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands.
  • n. A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite.
  • n. See Poke.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The throat.
  • n. A swelling in the throat; specifically, a distemper in cattle, consisting in a swelling of the throat and the neighboring parts.
  • n. A hard, knotty condition of the udder in cows, which sometimes follows calving, due to the sudden distention of the bag with milk, the inflammation which ensues causing a congealed or congested condition of the milk, which, if neglected, brings suppuration and abscesses.
  • n. A distemper in hogs. See extracts under gargle.
  • n. An American name for Phytolacca decandra, commonly known as poke or pokeweed, which has emetic and cathartic properties, and has been employed in medicine.
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  • n. 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
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pokeweed   
    Cross Reference
    to run of (or on) a garget   
    Variant
    poke   
     
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