Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OE.

garget

gargate

, throat, OF.

gargate

. Cf.

. The etymol. of senses 2, 3, & 4 is not certain.]

The throat.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands.

A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite.

Youatt.

(Bot.)

See

Noun.

[See Gorge.] A distemper in cattle, consisting in a swelling of the throat and the neighboring parts.