barngunn.
/ˈbɑːnɡʌn/ dialect.
An eruption of the skin; shingles.
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1746 Exmoor Courtship 30 Vorewey struck out and come to a Barngun.
1746 ‘Devoniensis’ Let. in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 405/2 Bárngun, a breaking out in small pimples, or pustles in the skin.
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xviii. 206 ‘Thou art not come to me,’ she said..‘to be struck for bone-shave, nor to be blessed for barn-gun.’
1892 H. C. O'Neill Devonshire Idyls 87 When I were bad with the barngun.
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