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Charbon   Listen
noun
Charbon  n.  
1.
(Far.) A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
2.
A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. See Maligmant pustule.





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"Charbon" Quotes from Famous Books



... silence he could hear the light padding noise made by the feet of a dog that trotted across the end of the street. The house with the mansard roof was number eight. The front of the lower storey had once been painted in chocolate- color, across the top of which was still decipherable the sign: "Charbon, Bois. Lhomond." On the grimed window beside the door, was painted in white: ...
— Three Soldiers • John Dos Passos
... Anthrax or charbon may be defined as an infectious disease which is caused by specific bacteria, known as anthrax bacilli, and which is more or less restricted by conditions of soil and moisture to definite geographical localities. While it is chiefly limited ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture


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