gargol

See also: Gargol

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)ɡəl/
  • Homophone: gargle

Noun

gargol (uncountable)

  1. A distemper in swine; garget.
    • 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
      For the Gargol in Hogs. The Signs of which are hanging down of the Head, and carrying it on one side, moist Eyes, staggering and loss of Appetíte

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