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Mange

noun

A persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people).

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"Mange" Quotes from Famous Books

... way. French doctors call the shrub Fusain, or bonnet de pretre (birretta). They give the fruit, three or four for a dose, as a purgative in rural districts: and employ the decoction, whilst adding some vinegar, as a lotion against mange in horses and cattle. Also, they make from the wood when slightly charred a ...

— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie

... the little girl was busy pointing to where a small brown bird pecked fruitlessly in the dust. "Regardez, donc, le p'tit oiseau; il n'a pas mange, c'lui la." ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 • Various

... thus, he asserted, each would choose the dogma that seemed to him best. But one thing he'd certainly do if he had a say in the government. He would expel all the monks and nuns, for they're like the mange: the weaker the sufferer, the more it thrives. To this argument Leandro, the elder son, added that as far as the monks, nuns and other small fry were concerned, the best course with them was to lop off their heads like hogs, and with regard to the priests, whether ...

— The Quest • Pio Baroja

Words linked to "Mange" : mangy, animal disease, mangey