moorill

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noun

A disease of cattle, with hemoglobinuria.

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Meanings

nounmoorill (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableA disease of cattle, with hemoglobinuria.

    The most frequent complaint among cows is the moorill. It is observed that cattle brought from the south and the east, to Dumbarton, Bonhill, and some other places, very readily take the moorill: […]

    1794, David Ure, General View of the Agriculture in the County of Dumbarton, page 62

Origin

From moor + ill?

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Morillo
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APA

moorill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moorill

MLA

“moorill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moorill. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moorill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moorill.

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