Hypertext Webster Gateway: "murrain"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Murrain
Heb. deber, "destruction," a "great mortality", the fifth plague
that fell upon the Egyptians (Ex. 9:3). It was some distemper
that resulted in the sudden and widespread death of the cattle.
It was confined to the cattle of the Egyptians that were in the
field (9:6).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Murrain \Mur"rain\, n. [OE. moreine, OF. morine, fr. OF. morir,
murir, 8die, L. mori, moriri.] (Far.)
An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. --Bacon.
{A murrain on you}, may you be afflicted with a pestilent
disease. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Murrain \Mur"rain\, a.
Having, or afflicted with, murrain.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
murrain
n : any plaguelike disease of domestic animals
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