Broxy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Broxy is a noun meaning A fatal disease of sheep.
Meaning
A fatal disease of sheep.
More Meanings
- (by extension) The meat from diseased sheep.
Example Sentences
...slink (prematurely born calves), or broxy (diseased sheep).
From the fact of the sheep having become thin in flesh before death, it is probably broxy.
If the rural poor ate birds then the urban poor ate pairings of tripe, slink (prematurely born calves), or broxy (diseased sheep).
Mutton, the flesh of sheep, suffering with broxy or modified anthrax and erysipelas, from severe bruises obtained in transportation, will produce disease in those who eat it.
Related Words
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