blackleg
11Blackleg (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… …
12blackleg — noun Date: circa 1722 1. a usually fatal toxemia especially of young cattle caused by a soil bacterium (Clostridium chauvoei) 2. a cheating gambler ; swindler 3. chiefly British a worker hostile to …
13blackleg — /blak leg /, n., v., blacklegged, blacklegging. n. 1. Also called black quarter, symptomatic anthrax. Vet. Pathol. an infectious, often fatal disease of cattle and sheep, caused by the soil bacterium Clostridium chauvoei and characterized by… …
14blackleg — 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 …
15blackleg — Synonyms and related words: Texas fever, anthrax, aphthous fever, bighead, black quarter, blackwater, blind staggers, bloody flux, broken wind, cattle plague, charbon, cheat, cheater, chiseler, cozener, crook, defrauder, diddler, distemper, fink …
16blackleg — black|leg [ˈblækleg] n BrE someone who continues to work when other workers are on ↑strike used to show disapproval …
17blackleg — n. cheater; strikebreaker v. act as a strikebreaker …
18blackleg — noun 1》 Brit. derogatory a person who continues working when fellow workers are on strike. 2》 a bacterial disease of cattle and sheep, causing necrosis in the leg. 3》 a plant disease in which part of the stem blackens and decays. verb (blacklegs …
19blackleg — n. Gambler, sharper, swindler …
20blackleg — noun (C) BrE someone who continues to work when other workers are on strike (strike2 (1)) …
