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Murrain

Noun

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1.NounInfectious disease; pestilence, plague; sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.
2.NounA widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution; a plague.
3.NounAny of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.
"water murrain"
4.NounAn infectious disease affecting plants.
"potato murrain"
5.NounA poor-quality green-salted animal hide. Death, especially from an infectious disease. Rotting flesh, especially of an animal which has died from a disease; carrion.
6.NounA poor-quality green-salted animal hide.
7.NounDeath, especially from an infectious disease.
8.NounRotting flesh, especially of an animal which has died from a disease; carrion.
9.AdjectiveDisgusting or offensive, as if having an infectious disease; contemptible, despicable, loathsome, plaguey.
10.AdjectiveUsed as an intensifier: to a great extent; extreme, intense.
11.AdverbUsed as an intensifier: extremely, very.
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