Definitions from Wiktionary (murrain)

▸ noun:  (archaic, uncountable) Infectious disease; pestilence, plague; (countable) sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.
▸ noun:  (countable, figurative, archaic) A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution; a plague.
▸ noun:  (countable, veterinary medicine, chiefly historical) 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.
▸ noun:  (countable, by extension, phytopathology) An infectious disease affecting plants.
▸ noun:  (obsolete)
▸ noun:  (countable) A poor-quality green-salted animal hide.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Death, especially from an infectious disease.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Rotting flesh, especially of an animal which has died from a disease; carrion.
▸ adjective:  Disgusting or offensive, as if having an infectious disease; contemptible, despicable, loathsome, plaguey.
▸ adjective:  Used as an intensifier: to a great extent; extreme, intense.
▸ adverb:  (figurative, obsolete) Used as an intensifier: extremely, very.





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