'Murrain' definitions:
Definition of 'murrain'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague
Definition of 'Murrain'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A murrain on you, may you be afflicted with a pestilent disease. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Murrain'
From: GCIDE
- Murrain \Mur"rain\, a. Having, or afflicted with, murrain. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'murrain'
From: 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).