Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A certain disease to which cattle are subject. Also called
redwater .
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Examples
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This disease -- otherwise known as wood-evil, or moor-ill -- arises from eating the buds of oak, young ash, and other trees, which are of a very highly stimulating or irritating character.
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Jock Howden died o 'the very same disorder Elshie pretended to cure him of, about the fa' o 'the leaf; and though he helped Lambside's cow weel out o' the moor-ill, yet the louping-ill's been sairer amang his sheep than ony season before.
The Black Dwarf 1898
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o 'the moor-ill, yet the louping-ill's been sairer amane; his sheep than ony season before.
The Black Dwarf Walter Scott 1801
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