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单词 gourdy
释义

gourdyadj.

Forms: In 1500s goordy.
Etymology: ? < Old French gourdi, past participle of gourdir to swell, benumb.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgourdy.
1. Swollen with stuffing, stuffed out. Obsolete.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > distending > distending with fullness > distended with fullness
gourdy1540
bestrut1603
strutted1648
1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. iv. sig. Miv That scrippe or bagge of his..whiche is now borely or goordy, or stroutted out with moche money.
2. Farriery. Of a horse's legs: Swollen (as a morbid condition). Also of a horse so affected. ? Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > disorders of legs > tumour
spavinedc1430
gouty?1523
gourded1610
windgalled1665
gorged1688
splinted1697
gourdy1704
ringboned1712
spavied1786
grapy1838
curby1841
1704 Dict. Rusticum Gourdy-legs [in Horses]; caused by pains or other fleshy Sores.
c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. lxxxii. 282 When Horses are come off a Journey..to stand in a Stable, their Legs are apt to turn gourdy and swell'd.
1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery xxxvi. 282 If the horse stands too low with his hind legs, most of his weight will rest upon them, and give him the grease, especially if he is at all inclined to be gourdy.
1816 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 4) 814 Shoulder-pegged horses are so called when they are gourdy, stiff, and almost without motion.
in combination.1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 278 If an Animal is become gourdy-leg'd..let him Blood.

Derivatives

ˈgourdiness n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > caused by tumours
ringbone1362
spavinc1500
curb?1523
thorough splint1577
splint1598
gourding1610
spavie1706
gourdiness1721
1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. xi. 252 These are to Discuss hard Swellings, and are particularly of Service in Gourdiness of the Legs.
1803 W. Taplin Sporting Dict. I. 335 Gourdiness..provincial term for swelled legs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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