murrain
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
murrain /ˈmʌrɪn/
▶noun
- 1 redwater fever or a similar infectious disease affecting cattle or other animals.
- 2 archaic a plague or crop blight.
– origin ME: from OFr. morine, based on L. mori ‘to die’.
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