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malander, mallender|ˈmæləndə(r)|
Now only pl. Forms: 5 malawnder, 6 malandre, malandrie, 6–8 malender, 7 mallander, 8 mallendar, 6– malander, 7– mallender.
[a. F. malandre a sore in a horse's knee, ad. L. malandria (neut. pl. and fem. sing.).]
A dry scabby eruption behind the knee in horses. †a. sing. Obs.
c1400Promp. Parv. 323/1 Malawnder, sekeness, morbus. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §94 A malander is an yl sorance..and appereth..in the bendynge of the knee behynde. 1530Palsgr. 176 Malendre, a malandre, a sore. Ibid. 242/1 Malandrie, sicknesse, malandre. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 313 A Malander is a kinde of Scab growing..overthwart the bent of the knee. 1614Markham Cheap Husb. 32 Of the Mallandar, Sellander...Crowne-scabs, and such like. 1639T. de Grey Compl. Horsem. 6 Subject to mainge, mallender, sellender..or any other the like sorances. 1759Brown Compl. Farmer 18 For a Mallendar. Take bay-salt, gunpowder [etc.]. 1835Penny Cycl. III. 422/1 Spavin and mullender [sic] are of very rare occurrence.
attrib.1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2408/4 The hair clipped close on the Mallender place of the near Leg.
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1601Holland Pliny II. 335 marg., Lichenes: some take them for the Malanders. 1607Markham Caval. i. (1617) 20 The best keepers cannot preserve them from scratches, paines and mallanders. 1762Crazy Tales 74 Withouten splint, or malanders, or grease. 1884Sat. Rev. 5 July 27/2 It is a breach of a warranty of soundness if the warranted horse suffers from..mallenders.
Hence ˈmalandered ppl. a., affected with malanders.
1696Lond. Gaz. No. 3248/4 A strong..Rigil Horse,..malender'd on the near leg. |