quarter-evil

English

quarter-evil (uncountable)

symptomatic anthrax, blackleg
- 1901, H. Watkins-Pitchford, “Quarter-evil Vaccine”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 1, page 1:
  The increased demand for this preparation within the last few weeks tends to show the intimate connection between the disease quarter-evil and rainfall.