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murrain |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Murrain \Mur"rain\, n. [OE. moreine, OF morine, fr OF morir, murir, 8die, L. mori, moriri.] (Far.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. --Bacon. {A murrain on you}, may you be afflicted with a pestilent disease. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Murrain \Mur"rain\, a. Having or afflicted with murrain. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: murrain n : any plaguelike disease of domestic animals From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Murrain Heb. deber, "destruction," a "great mortality", the fifth plague that fell upon the Egyptians (Ex. 9:3). It was some distemper that resulted in the sudden and widespread death of the cattle. It was confined to the cattle of the Egyptians that were in the field (9:6).
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