stag-evil

English

Noun

stag-evil (uncountable)

1. (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

• “stag-evil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.