a fatal disease of sheep caused by a bacterium (Clostridium septicum) and usually characterized by an inflamed abomasum
Origin of braxy
uncertain or unknown; perhaps akin to Old English broc, disease having braxy
braxy
braxyWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural braxies)
- (countable) an inflammatory disease of sheep
- (countable) sheep that have died a natural death
- (uncountable) meat from sheep that have died from this disease
Adjective
(not comparable)
- sick with braxy
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