joint ill

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. an infectious disease of newborn foals characterized by swollen inflamed joints and high fever, usually fatal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of joint ill¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

And on the other hand, a nail ill driven, a joint ill fitted, a tracing clumsily done, anything to which a man had set his hand and not set it aptly, moved him to shame and anger.

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