quarter eviln.

Brit.

/ˈkwɔːtə(r) ˌiːvl/, U.S.

/ˈkwɔrdər ˈiv(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., evil n.¹

Etymology: < quarter n. + evil n.¹; in sense 1 so called on account of its affecting the animal first in one of its quarters (compare quot. 1800). Compare quarter ill n.

1. The disease blackleg (sense 1a), esp. in cattle; = quarter ill n. In later use chiefly South African.

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quarter evila1722

black quarter1768

hyan1789

spauld-ill1793

quarter-ail1794

quarter ill1797

black spauld1807

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 290 The joint-murrain in calves..by others is called the quarter-evil.

1800 J. Tuke Gen. View Agric. N. Riding Yorks. (new ed.) 259 A complaint very prevalent amongst calves, when a year old, is called the..quarter evil..The calves are first seized in one quarter, and are lame.

1841 W. Dick Man. Vet. Sci. 88 In two or three hours the animal is dead, from the Quarter-evil.

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 548 Rabbits, which are relatively refractory to quarter-evil.

1914 Farmer's Ann. (S. Afr.) 118 Black Quarter, Quarter Evil or Sponsziekte. These names and several others, such as quarter ill and black leg, are used for another disease attacking cattle, and occasionally sheep and goats. It is caused by the presence of an organism known as the Bacillus Sarcophysematos, or Bacillus Chauvaei.

1979 T. Gutsche There was Man 50 Theiler abandoned the farrier project for an attack on ‘Sponsziekte’ or Black Quarter Evil, an historic cattle disease then prevalent in the Transvaal and recently conquered by a vaccine devised in Europe.

1988 Farmer's Weekly (Durban) 24 June 101/1 The herd is..inoculated against botulism, quarter evil [etc.].

†2. Mastitis affecting one quarter of a cow's udder (cf. quarter n. 30). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > disorders of udder

udder-clap1825

udder-ill1847

gargil1886

whetstone1887

quarter evil1897

summer mastitis1929

1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Q[uarter]. evil, a popular name for Bovine anthrax. Also, for an inflammation of part of the udder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quarter evil
释义	quarter eviln. Brit. /ˈkwɔːtə(r) ˌiːvl/, U.S. /ˈkwɔrdər ˈiv(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., evil n.¹ Etymology: < quarter n. + evil n.¹; in sense 1 so called on account of its affecting the animal first in one of its quarters (compare quot. 1800). Compare quarter ill n. 1. The disease blackleg (sense 1a), esp. in cattle; = quarter ill n. In later use chiefly South African. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > disorders of cattle or sheep > quarter-ill quarter evila1722 black quarter1768 hyan1789 spauld-ill1793 quarter-ail1794 quarter ill1797 black spauld1807 a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 290 The joint-murrain in calves..by others is called the quarter-evil. 1800 J. Tuke Gen. View Agric. N. Riding Yorks. (new ed.) 259 A complaint very prevalent amongst calves, when a year old, is called the..quarter evil..The calves are first seized in one quarter, and are lame. 1841 W. Dick Man. Vet. Sci. 88 In two or three hours the animal is dead, from the Quarter-evil. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 548 Rabbits, which are relatively refractory to quarter-evil. 1914 Farmer's Ann. (S. Afr.) 118 Black Quarter, Quarter Evil or Sponsziekte. These names and several others, such as quarter ill and black leg, are used for another disease attacking cattle, and occasionally sheep and goats. It is caused by the presence of an organism known as the Bacillus Sarcophysematos, or Bacillus Chauvaei. 1979 T. Gutsche There was Man 50 Theiler abandoned the farrier project for an attack on ‘Sponsziekte’ or Black Quarter Evil, an historic cattle disease then prevalent in the Transvaal and recently conquered by a vaccine devised in Europe. 1988 Farmer's Weekly (Durban) 24 June 101/1 The herd is..inoculated against botulism, quarter evil [etc.]. †2. Mastitis affecting one quarter of a cow's udder (cf. quarter n. 30). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > disorders of udder udder-clap1825 udder-ill1847 gargil1886 whetstone1887 quarter evil1897 summer mastitis1929 1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Q[uarter]. evil, a popular name for Bovine anthrax. Also, for an inflammation of part of the udder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1722
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