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▪ I. teart, a. and n.|tiːət|
[Dial. var. of tart a.]
A. adj. Sour; used of pastures containing an excess of molybdenum.
B. n. Teart quality in grass; the diarrhœa suffered by cattle grazing a teart pasture.
1850Sir T. D. Acland in Jrnl. Roy. 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. 1896Jrnl. Bath & West Soc. VI. 207 The herbage possesses the peculiar purging quality known as ‘teart’. 1903Lancet 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. 1939Nature 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. 1970W. H. Parker Health & Dis. in Farm Animals xiv. 193 The teart pastures of Somerset are on the blue Lyas clay.
Hence ˈteartness n. = teart n.
1940Nature 15 June 941/2 The cause of teartness is the presence in the herbage of molybdenum. 1979Jrnl. Compar. Pathol. LXXXIX. 495 ‘Teartness’ i.e. the scouring which occurs in cattle but not in horses on ‘teart’ pastures of high Mo content.
▪ II. teart
obs. f. tart. |