Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Changed to ergot; infested with the fungus (Claviceps) which produces ergot: as, ergotized grasses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Affected with the ergot fungus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Affected by the
ergot fungus .
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Examples
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And in the present ergotized American political climate, that could add another few million listeners, who don't give a toss about "parody" or irony, if they even understand the concepts, but get the message directly intended for them.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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That was when the Greek elite set out for Eleusis, you know, to drink the ergotized sacrament and be initiated into the Mysteries.
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994
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In this manner a farmer may keep grass land for his breeding stock entirely free from ergotized grass; and, consequently, so far as this cause is concerned, they will be free from abortion.
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If the breeding stock are then removed to grass land which, having been mown for this operation is a guaranty against any seeds remaining, it will seldom, if ever, happen that any injury will result from the production of ergotized grass later in the season.
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I refer to the growth of ergotized grass-seeds in our pastures.
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Ergotism from eating bread made with ergotized wheat is now rare, but _pellagra_ from the consumption of mouldy maize, and _lathyrism_, due to the admixture with flour of the seeds of certain kinds of vetch, are still common in Southern Europe.
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Grass which has been grazed during the summer, will very generally, in a humid climate, have some of this ergotized seed; but I have not observed it produced before the end of July, or early in
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Epidemics of ergotism have been recorded from time to time since the days of Galen, and were due to poverty, wretchedness, and famine, resulting in the feeding upon ergotized bread.
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Epidemics of ergotism have been recorded from time to time since the days of Galen, and were due to poverty, wretchedness, and famine, resulting in the feeding upon ergotized bread.
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Musty hay is generally considered to produce disorder of the kidneys, and all know of the danger from feeding pregnant animals upon ergotized grasses or grains.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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