garget

Noun

garget (plural gargets)

1. (archaic) An inflammation on a cow's or sheep's udder; synonym of mastitis.
   • Chronic indurations will sometimes remain after the inflammation of garget has been subdued; they will be somewhat tender, and they will always lessen the quantity of milk.1836, William Youatt, Cattle: Their Breeds, Management, Diseases
   • Mastitis is a disease of the udder. More specifically, mastitis is an inflammation of the udder usually caused by germs which enter through the teat canal. Many dairymen and farmers refer to the disease by the terms garget, caked udder, and a variety of other names. All, however, are one and the...1941, W.L. Boyd, W.A. Billings, W.G. Andberg, University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service, “Mastitis or Garget in Cattle”, in Extension Folder, University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy
2. A distemper in pigs accompanied by staggering and loss of appetite.

   Synonyms:

   gargol

3. Pokeweed.

   Synonyms:

   coakum, inkberry, pigeonweed, pocan, poke, poke salad, scoke