Definition of distemper

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Distemper (v. t.) To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease..

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Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To intoxicate.
Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.
Gargol :: Gargol (n.) A distemper in swine; garget.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A painting done with this preparation.
Pedicular :: Pedicular (a.) Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy.
Garget :: Garget (n.) A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size..
Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms..
Distempering :: Distempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distempe.
Malady :: Malady (n.) Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder..
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder; confusion.
Rot :: Rot (n.) A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2..
Distemperment :: Distemperment (n.) Distempered state; distemperature.
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air..
Destemper :: Destemper (n.) A kind of painting. See Distemper.
Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Diseased; disordered.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.
Rinderpest :: Rinderpest (n.) A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain..
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.
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