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noun

Plague n.

That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. "And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail." "The different plague of each calamity."

(Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague. "A plague upon the people fell."

Cattle plague. See Rinderpest.

Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incurable.

Cattle n. pl. Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.

Belted cattle, Black cattle. See under Belted, Black.

Cattle guard, a trench under a railroad track and alongside a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to prevent cattle from getting upon the track.

cattle louse (Zool.), any species of louse infecting cattle. There are several species. The Haematatopinus eurysternus and Haematatopinus vituli are common species which suck blood; Trichodectes scalaris eats the hair.

Cattle plague, the rinderpest; called also Russian cattle plague.

Cattle range, or Cattle run, an open space through which cattle may run or range. (U. S.)

Cattle show, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes for the encouragement of stock breeding; usually accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and domestic products and of implements.

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