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Roaring

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1839)

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

a disease among horses occasioned by the circumstance of the neck of the wind pipe being too narrow for accelerated respiration; the disorder is frequently produced by sore throat or other topical inflammation. A horse affected with this malady is rendered less serviceable and he is therefore unsound. 2 Stark. R. 81; S.C. 3 Engl. Com. Law Rep. 255.