moorill

English

Etymology

moor +‎ ill?

Noun

moorill (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A disease of cattle, with hemoglobinuria.
   • 1794, David Ure, General View of the Agriculture in the County of Dumbarton, page 62:

     The most frequent complaint among cows is the moorill. It is observed that cattle brought from the south and the east, to Dumbarton, Bonhill, and some other places, very readily take the moorill: […]