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Vinony

braxy

noun

  1. splenic apoplexy in sheep
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaksi/

adj

  1. Diseased with braxy.

noun

  1. An inflammatory disease of sheep.
  2. Meat from sheep that have died from this disease, or that have died from accident or disease in general.

    “If they suffocated before they could be slaughtered, their meat was unfit for human consumption, though it found its way on to the market as ‘braxy’, in shops patronized only by the very poor.”