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moorill

noun

Etymology

From moor + ill?

  1. derived from *h₁elḱ-✻
  2. derived from *ilhilaz✻
  3. derived from íllr
  4. inherited from ille
  5. compounded as moorill — “moor + ill”

Definitions

  1. A disease of cattle, with hemoglobinuria.

    • The most frequent complaint among cows is the moorill. It is observed that cattle brought from the south and the east, to Dumbarton, Bonhill, and some other places, very readily take the moorill: […]

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