moltlongn.
/ˈmɒltlɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑltlɑŋ/ English regional in later use.
An ulcer or sore of the coronet of a horse's foot, esp. one associated with contracted heels; (also) a sore of the foot in cattle.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of feet or hooves
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mellitc1465
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gravelling?1523
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quittor bone1566
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corn1600
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twitter-bone1688
cleft1694
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bleymes1725
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thrush1753
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cracked heel1850
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toe-crack1891
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1587 L. Mascall First Bk. Cattell 164 Matelong, is pinching of a strait hoofe.
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. cviii. 390 The maltlong, or as some Farriers call it, the maltworme, is a cankerous soarrance aboue the hoofe, iust vpon the cronet.
1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry 35 Hurts on the Cronet, as the quitterbone or Matlong... The Quitterbone is a hollow vlcer on the top of the Cronet, and so is the Matlong.
1649 Eng. Farrier sig. B2v Molt-long, is the pinching of a straight-hoofe.
1704 Dict. Rusticum Malt-long, or Malt-worm; is a cankrous Sorrance about the hoof of an Horse.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Moltling.
1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Moltlong, a sore or disease between or rather above the clees of cattle (Johnson).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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