garget

American  

[gahr-git] / ˈgɑr gɪt /

noun

1. Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.

2. pokeweed.

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garget British  

/ ˈɡɑːɡɪt /

noun

1. archaic inflammation of the mammary gland of domestic animals, esp cattle

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Other Word Forms

• gargety adjective

Etymology

Origin of garget

1580–90; earlier, inflammation of the head or throat in livestock, apparently the same word as Middle English garget, gargat throat < Middle French gargate

Example Sentences

If calves are allowed to suckle the cows the pustules become confluent, and the ulcerations may extend up into the teat, causing garget and ruining the whole quarter of the udder.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

I cannot impress too strongly on the breeder that, as soon as symptoms of garget are observed, the cow must be firmly secured and the teats properly drawn three or four times a-day.

From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by M'Combie, William

Injections into the udder are sometimes made in the treatment of garget, but so far with indifferent success.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Tom tripped upstairs to the garret, and returned with a bunch of garget berries, with which they stained their faces and hands.

From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Coffin, Charles Carleton

Thus:— Tâs, father, tassow. fôs, wall, fossow. lêr, floor, lerryow. gêr, word, gerryow. garget, garter, gargettow. b. 

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry