Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
bot .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) See
bots .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
disease caused by themaggots of thehorse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse. - noun by extension Infection by
gadfly maggots under the skin of cows, or by sheep maggots in the frontal sinus of sheep.
Etymologies
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Examples
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These larvæ are also found in the stomachs of horses, whom they sometimes destroy; another species of them adhere to the anus of horses, and creep into the lowest bowel, and are called botts; and another species enters the frontal sinus of sheep, occasioning a vertigo called the turn.
The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes
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He even has a special name for fuzz balls: boo botts.
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As part of this discussion on the TALO list, botts came up with a great fear list:
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As part of this discussion on the TALO list, botts came up with a great fear list:
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But these are the words they use to charm away the botts in horses.
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"He's got the botts -- drench him for the botts," another prescribed.
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This remedy is perfectly safe, and is the only certain cure for botts under the sun.
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Yes! gentlemen, "addressing the attentive cowboys," I can cure anything that touches the ground -- biped, quadruped, or centipede -- glanders, botts, greased hoofs, heaves, blind staggers, it makes no odds.
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The moment the glass touches the botts though they may have eaten their way into the coats of the stomach, so that but a small portion is exposed, they will let go their hold, will pucker up and be driven off by the bowels.
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This may be relied on as a certain and safe remedy for botts in horses.
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