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With the. A disease of sheep characterized by sudden collapse and (usually) death, with reddish discoloration of tissues; (perhaps) braxy. Also: a…
A disease in sheep and swine (see quot. 1722). Also the ague. Chiefly in plural.
†(a) = sense 18 (obsolete); (b) any disease arising in or primarily affecting the blood or blood cells.