braxy
/brak-see/US // ˈbræk si //UK // (ˈbræksɪ) //
钎焊,钎子,钎具,钎料
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : Also called bradsot. an acute inflammatory disease of the intestines of sheep, caused by a bacterium, Clostridium septicum.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : affected with braxy.
Examples
I have known natives of Tweed-dale and Ettrick Forest, who preferred braxy to the best meat killed by the hand of man.
"Very curious," thought Montaiglon, making poor play with his braxy ham.
The Gipsies were not spared of braxy, of which they were fond.
Thousands of sheep have died on the prairies from braxy, induced by exposure and miserable forage.
This is a kind of mutton called braxy, being nothing less than the flesh of a sheep which has died of a certain disease.
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