Definition of distemper

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Distemper (v. t.) A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle..

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Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold..
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..
Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air..
Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Diseased; disordered.
Pedicular :: Pedicular (a.) Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy.
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.
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..
Destemper :: Destemper (n.) A kind of painting. See Distemper.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
Distempered :: Distempered (imp. & p. p.) of Distempe.
Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Immoderate.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A painting done with this preparation.
Gargol :: Gargol (n.) A distemper in swine; garget.
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder; confusion.
Rabid :: Rabid (n.) Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox..
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..
Blendwater :: Blendwater (n.) A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected..
Distemperment :: Distemperment (n.) Distempered state; distemperature.
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