| garget | 1. The throat. 2. A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc, arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands. 3. A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite. 4. <botany> See Poke. Origin: OE. Garget, gargate, throat, OF. Gargate. Cf. Gorge. The etymol. Of senses 2, 3, & 4 is not certain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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