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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Cattle.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A bright-colored domesticated variety of the id. See id.

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  • hernesheir Also scabby mouth or contagious ecthyma, a disease of sheep that mostly affects yearling lambs. Feb 18, 2010

  • super-charolastra It's also the state TV broadcaster in Austria. Never knew this was an English word, so that's kind of hilarious... Feb 27, 2009

  • sionnach
    contagious pustular dermatosis - caused by a pox virus, this is a zoonosis caught from sheep - an occupational hazard for farmers and veterinarians. It is self-limiting but unpleasant and painful.

    Jul 24, 2008

  • chained_bear Also the abbreviation for the Norfolk, VA airport. (Just thought I'd throw that out there.) Oct 16, 2007

  • sionnach viral infection of sheep Oct 16, 2007

‘orf’ has been looked up 2645 times, loved by 1 person, added to 5 lists, commented on 5 times, and has a Scrabble score of 6.