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mur·rain
\ˈmər.ə̇n, ˈmə.rə̇n\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English moreyne, moryne, from Middle French morine, from morir to die, from Latin mori — more at murder
1.
a. obsolete : a deadly plague : pestilence
b. : something resembling a murrain
< the beginnings of the Puritan murrain — H.L.Mencken >
2. : a pestilence or plague affecting domestic animals or plants (as anthrax or Texas fever of cattle or late blight of the potato)
3. : plague — used as an imprecation
< muttering “a murrain on all your planning” — Country Life >
4. : leather from a diseased or poor-conditioned animal or from an animal that has died naturally |