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‖ charbon|ʃarbɔ̃| [Fr. charbon charcoal, carbon; also in sense 2 below.] 1. A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated. ? Obs.
1753in Chambers Cycl. Supp. 2. Malignant pustule; = anthrax 2.
[1834J. M. Good Study of Med. (ed. 4) II. 554 Among the Veterinary Surgeons of France [Melanosis] has obtained the name of Charbon or maladie charbonneuse. ]1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 193. 1884 E. R. Turner in Law Times LXXVII. 310/2 The disease of which the calves died was anthrax or charbon. 3. A fungoid disease incident to the vine, and to orange and lemon trees.
1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 437/2 In damp valleys it [sc. the lemon] is liable to be attacked by a fungus called ‘charbon’ (Dematium monophyllum). 1888Ibid. XXIV. 240/1 Anthracnose is the name usually given to a disease which was formerly known as ‘charbon’. |