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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disease of cattle.
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It must be made away with directly, or the crippawn would continue, and her charms be unequal to avert the malady.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 574, November 3, 1832 Title Various
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a disease, called in this country _the crippawn_ -- a kind of paralytic affection of the limbs which generally ends fatally -- attacked some black cattle belonging to the master of the house; some died others became infected, and the customary cure produced by changing them to drier pasture failed.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 574, November 3, 1832 Title Various
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