单词 | teart |
释义 | teartadj.n. A. adj. Sour; used of pastures containing an excess of molybdenum. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture > sour sour1654 teart1850 1850 Sir T. D. Acland in Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 755 There is a great deal of grass land on the borders of the lias hills, which scours cattle. It is said to be ‘teart’; that is tart or sour. 1903 Lancet 6 June 1590/1 This disease, known as parasitic enteritis, is found to be persistently associated with certain pastures (called ‘teart’ lands in the West of England) upon heavy moisture-retaining soils. 1970 W. H. Parker Health & Dis. Farm Animals xiv. 193 The teart pastures of Somerset are on the blue Lyas clay. B. n. Teart quality in grass; the diarrhoea suffered by cattle grazing a teart pasture. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > disorders of cattle or sheep > diarrhoea shiteOE skitc1440 wood-evil?1523 moor-ill1556 ray1577 shoot1587 scouring1597 moor-evil1611 scour1764 rush?1771 mu-sickness1809 washiness1844 teart1896 Johne's disease1906 paratuberculosis1913 teartness1940 the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > pasture > excessive molybdenum content teart1896 teartness1940 1896 Jrnl. Bath & West Soc. 6 207 The herbage possesses the peculiar purging quality known as ‘teart’. 1939 Nature 23 Sept. 532/2 Teart, to which cattle in certain areas are subject, is found to be associated with an increased molybdenum content in the herbage. Derivatives ˈteartness n. = B. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > disorders of cattle or sheep > diarrhoea shiteOE skitc1440 wood-evil?1523 moor-ill1556 ray1577 shoot1587 scouring1597 moor-evil1611 scour1764 rush?1771 mu-sickness1809 washiness1844 teart1896 Johne's disease1906 paratuberculosis1913 teartness1940 the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > pasture > excessive molybdenum content teart1896 teartness1940 1940 Nature 15 June 941/2 The cause of teartness is the presence in the herbage of molybdenum. 1979 Jrnl. Compar. Pathol. 89 495 ‘Teartness’ i.e. the scouring which occurs in cattle but not in horses on ‘teart’ pastures of high Mo content. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1850 |
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