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moorill

moorill noun: a disease of cattle, with hemoglobinuria.

Noun

moorill (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A disease of cattle, with hemoglobinuria.
    • The most frequent complaint among cows is the moorill. It is observed that cattle brought from the south and the east, to Dumbarton, Bonhill, and some other places, very readily take the moorill: […]1794, David Ure, General View of the Agriculture in the County of Dumbarton, page 62

Origin of moorill

From moor + ill?

Questions about moorill

What does moorill mean?
Moorill means a disease of cattle, with hemoglobinuria.
What part of speech is moorill?
Moorill is a noun.

Words near moorill in the dictionary

  1. moori
  2. moorie
  3. moories
  4. Moorilda
  5. Moorilim
  6. moorill
  7. Moorina
  8. mooring
  9. mooring buoy
  10. mooring buoys
  11. mooring line

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