quarter-evil

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Noun[edit]

quarter-evil (uncountable)

  1. symptomatic anthrax, blackleg
    • 1901, H. Watkins-Pitchford, “Quarter-evil Vaccine”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎[1], volume 4, number 1, page 1:
      The increased demand for this preparation within the last few weeks tends to show the intimate connection between the disease quarter-evil and rainfall.
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