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ˈwood-ˌevil
[? f. wood a. + evil n.]
Local name for dysentery or a similar disease in sheep and cattle; also called moor-evil or black-legs.
1523–34Fitzherb. Husb. §50 A sickenes among shepe..called the wode euyll..cometh in the sprynge of the yere,..and maketh them to halt, and to holde theyr necke awry. 1614Markham Cheap & Good Husb. iii. xix. 75 The wood⁓euill or Crampe..is a weakenesse or strayning of the sinewes got by colds and surfets. a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 295 They have a distemper in Leicestershire frequent amongst the calves, which in that country they call the black-legs; but..in Staffordshire..the wood-evil. 1741Compl. Fam. Piece iii. 495 The Wood-evil is seldom or never found among Sheep that have their Pasture in low Grounds. 1749[see moor-evil s.v. moor n.1 6]. 1847W. C. L. Martin Ox 151/2 Wood-evil, moor-ill, or pantas..is brought on in cattle by their devouring the acrid buds of trees, by bad winter provision, by impure water, and similar causes. |