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/flæps/ · noun
(farriery, archaic) A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips..
Giges or flappes, is pimples or teates in the in side of his mouth.
If there be any ſvvelling betvveene the eares, it is a ſigne of the polle euil; ſvvelling under the eare, a ſigne of the vives; and ſvvelling in the mouth, a ſigne either of canker, flaps or lampaſſe.
Theſe Giggs, Bladders or Flaps, proceed either from eating too much Graſs, or that which is bad; or Hay or Provender that is rough and pricking.
The Flaps are a ſpungy, fleſhy, fungous ſubftance, ſituated juſt belovv the grinders on the lovver javv, adjoining the cheek, on the part vvhere the bit reſteth upon. The above is ſo troubleſome to a Horſe and ſo ſore, that he vvill often catch the Flaps betvveen his grinders, vvhich chafes him much, and prevents him to grind his food, and cauſes him to ſlaver and ſlober much.
These likewise sometimes enlarge during catarrh or inflammation of the mouth, and are called gigs, and bladders, and flaps in the mouth.
Use flaps when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flaps means (farriery, archaic) A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips..
Common synonyms include flap.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Giges or flappes, is pimples or teates in the in side of his mouth.
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