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Garget   Listen
noun
Garget  n.  
1.
The throat. (Obs.)
2.
A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands.
3.
A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite.
4.
(Bot.) See Poke.





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"Garget" Quotes from Famous Books



... will tell you of them that coloured cattle are among the best for farming and other purposes, while white bullocks are subject to sore eyes, and white cows continually suffer from erythema of the nipples ('Garget-mammitis'); yet we have not heard that this peculiarity had any influence on the quality of their beef or the quality of the milk they give. The springbuck, whence the best South African venison is obtained, has the colours of black, white and brown; and this blend has not prevented ...
— Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since • Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje
... is especially the case with the Poke or Garget (Phytolacca decandra). Some which stand under our cliffs quite dazzle me with their purple stems now and early in September. They are as interesting to me as most flowers, and one of the most important fruits of our autumn. Every part is ...
— Excursions • Henry D. Thoreau


Words linked to "Garget" :   Phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, pokeweed, scoke


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