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单词 wood-evil
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wood-eviln.

Brit. /ˈwʊdˌiːvl/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌiv(ə)l/
Etymology: ? < wood adj., n.2, and adv. Compounds + evil adj.
Local name for dysentery or a similar disease in sheep and cattle; also called moor-evil or black-legs.
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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
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxiiiv A sykenesse among shepe..called ye wode yuell..cometh in the spring of the yere..and maketh them to halte and to holde their necke a wry.
1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry iii. xix. 75 The wood~euill or Crampe..is a weakenesse or strayning of the sinewes got by colds and surfets.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 295 They have a distemper in Leicestershire frequent amongst the calves, which in that country they call the black-legs; but..in Staffordshire..the wood-evil.
1736 Compl. Family-piece iii. 427 The Wood-evil is seldom or never found among Sheep that have their Pasture in low Grounds.
1749 W. Ellis Compl. Syst. Improvem. Sheep iii. v. 321 What they call Wood-Evil in some other Parts, they call it here the Moor-Evil, because they conceive it is bred in a Sheep or Lamb, by its lying on moory, cold Ground.
1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 151/2 Wood-evil, moor-ill, or pantas..is brought on in cattle by their devouring the acrid buds of trees, by bad winter provision, by impure water, and similar causes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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