† gargysen.
Obsolete. rare.
A disease in cattle (see quot.).
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rat's tail1847
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1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 134v The Gargyse, is a swelling beside the eye vppon the bone, like a botch, or a byle: yf your Bullocke haue it [etc.].
1736 Compl. Family-piece iii. 407 The Gargyse, is a swelling on one side of the eye, in the Manner of a Boil.
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