Definitions for garget

garget gar·get

Spelling: [gahr-git]
IPA: /ˈgɑr gɪt/

Garget is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in garget (aeggrt).

Definitions for garget

noun

  1. Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.
  2. pokeweed.

Origin of garget

1580-90; earlier, inflammation of the head or throat in livestock, apparently the same word as Middle English garget, gargat throat Middle French gargate

Examples for garget

They were soon in their chamber washing the garget stains and charcoal from their faces and hands.

The milk of any animal suffering from any form of garget should be rejected, as it may cause trouble, especially in children.

garget in the udder, or weed, is also to be guarded against.

Tom tripped upstairs to the garret, and returned with a bunch of garget berries, with which they stained their faces and hands.

If strong and vigorous, the calf is the best doctor for garget or caked bag.

Inflammation of the udder (garget) is a frequent trouble in every herd.

The last is especially the case with the poke or garget (Phytolacca decandra).

There are also a number of inflammatory udder troubles known as garget or mammitis.

garget, gar′get, n. a swelling in the throat of cattle and pigs: inflammation of a cow's udder.

The garget plant grows from three to six feet high, with a purple stalk, and strings of berries hanging down between the branches.

Word Value for garget
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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