stag-evil
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (obsolete) tetanus in the jaw of a horse
- 1802, Delabere Blaine, The Outlines of the Veterinary Art Or the Principles of Medicine:
- 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
References
[edit]- “stag-evil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.