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quarter-evil — quarˈter evil or quarter ill noun Black quarter (qv) • • • Main Entry: ↑quarter … Useful english dictionary
quarter evil — noun or quarter ill : blackleg 1 … Useful english dictionary
quarter ill — noun see quarter evil * * * quarter ill, = blackleg (def. 3). (Cf. ↑blackleg) … Useful english dictionary
Evil Under the Sun — infobox Book | name = Evil Under the Sun title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the first UK edition author = Agatha Christie cover artist = Rose country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Crime… … Wikipedia
quarter-ill — quarˈter evil or quarter ill noun Black quarter (qv) • • • Main Entry: ↑quarter … Useful english dictionary
black-quarter — n. Quarter evil, quarter ill, blackspaul, blackleg … New dictionary of synonyms
Disease — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disease disease Sgm: N 1 illness illness sickness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 ailing ailing &c.??? all the ills that flesh is heir to =>(Hamlet) Sgm: N 1 morbidity morbidity … English dictionary for students
blackleg — black·leg blak .leg, .lāg n an enzootic usu. fatal toxemia esp. of young cattle caused by toxins produced by an anaerobic soil bacterium of the genus Clostridium (C. chauvoei syn. C. feseri) called also black quarter, quarter evil … Medical dictionary
Blackleg (disease) — Blackleg, black quarter, quarter evil, quarter ill (Latin: Gangraena emphysematosa ) is an infectious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle, caused by Clostridium chauvoei bacteria. It is found all over the world. A symptom of blackleg is… … Wikipedia
anthrax — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, Minamata disease, Texas fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, altitude sickness, amebiasis, amebic dysentery,… … Moby Thesaurus
