garget

garget

English

Etymology

Middle English garget, gargate (“throat”), Old French gargate. Compare gorge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)ɡɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡɪt

Noun

garget (plural gargets)

1. (obsolete) The throat.
2. An inflammation on a cow's or sheep's udder.
   • 1836, William Youatt, Cattle: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases

     Chronic indurations will sometimes remain after the inflammation of garget has been subdued; they will be somewhat tender, and they will always lessen the quantity of milk

3. A distemper in pigs accompanied by staggering and loss of appetite.

   Synonym: gargol

4. Pokeweed.

Derived terms

• gargety

References

• garget in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• tagger