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  • 1quarter evil — n BLACKLEG * * * blackleg …

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  • 2quarter-evil — quarˈter evil or quarter ill noun Black quarter (qv) • • • Main Entry: ↑quarter …

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  • 3quarter evil — noun or quarter ill : blackleg 1 …

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  • 4quarter ill — noun see quarter evil * * * quarter ill, = blackleg (def. 3). (Cf. ↑blackleg) …

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  • 5Evil Under the Sun — infobox Book | name = Evil Under the Sun title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the first UK edition author = Agatha Christie cover artist = Rose country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Crime… …

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  • 6quarter-ill — quarˈter evil or quarter ill noun Black quarter (qv) • • • Main Entry: ↑quarter …

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  • 7black-quarter — n. Quarter evil, quarter ill, blackspaul, blackleg …

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  • 8Disease — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disease disease Sgm: N 1 illness illness sickness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 ailing ailing &c.??? all the ills that flesh is heir to =>(Hamlet) Sgm: N 1 morbidity morbidity …

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  • 9blackleg — black·leg blak .leg, .lāg n an enzootic usu. fatal toxemia esp. of young cattle caused by toxins produced by an anaerobic soil bacterium of the genus Clostridium (C. chauvoei syn. C. feseri) called also black quarter, quarter evil …

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  • 10Blackleg (disease) — Blackleg, black quarter, quarter evil, quarter ill (Latin: Gangraena emphysematosa ) is an infectious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle, caused by Clostridium chauvoei bacteria. It is found all over the world. A symptom of blackleg is… …

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