murrain
/ˈmʌɹ(ɪ)n/noun
High School
1
Infectious disease; pestilence, plague; (countable) sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.
2
A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution; a plague.
3
Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.
4
An infectious disease affecting plants.
5
A poor-quality green-salted animal hide.
6
Death, especially from an infectious disease.
7
Rotting flesh, especially of an animal which has died from a disease; carrion.
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