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ˈbreakshuach Sc.
Also breakshugh, breckshaw.
[Derivation and correct form of second element unknown: it cannot be connected with OE. bræc-séoc epileptic.]
The dysentery in sheep.
1799Ess. Highl. Soc. III. 411 (Jam.) Dysentery or Braxy, Breckshaw. c1817Hogg Tales & Sk. IV. 199 There is a disease among sheep, called by shepherds the Breakshugh, a deadly sort of dysentery. 1822W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 139 It [draining] prevents a great many of the diseases to which sheep are liable, and particularly breakshuach, rot, foot-rot, and braxy. |