murrain
Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as…Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.
Значення
значень: 7(злічуване, історичне)Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.
water murrain
Pest
морmor, падёжpadjóž
(ширше, злічуване)An infectious disease affecting plants.
potato murrain
(архаїчне, незлічуване)Infectious disease; pestilence, plague; (countable) sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.
(архаїчне, злічуване, переносно)A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution; a plague.
(злічуване, застаріле)A poor-quality green-salted animal hide.
(застаріле, незлічуване)Death, especially from an infectious disease.
(застаріле, незлічуване)Rotting flesh, especially of an animal which has died from a disease; carrion.
- any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague
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Походження
The noun is derived from Late Middle English morein, morine, moreyn (“(widespread) death;The noun is derived from Late Middle English morein, morine, moreyn (“(widespread) death; widespread sickness, plague; fatal disease; carnage; carrion”), from Anglo-Norman morine, mourine, moreyn (“death; widespread sickness, plague; carrion; cattle disease”), Middle French morine, and Old French morine, mourine, murine (“widespread sickness, plague; animal which has died from a disease”), from Late Latin morina (“plague”), probably from Latin morior (“to die; to decay, wither”).
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