Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CRUGGLES, n.pl. A disease of cattle (Sc. 1814 J. Sinclair Gen. Report Agric. Scot. III. 105).Mearns 1813 G. Robertson Agric. Kcd. 384:
The Cruggles also is an odd kind of disorder with which young beasts only are seized. . . . In this disease the animal is affected with a convulsive movement in its limbs, by which they are contracted, and intertwined among each other; and soon becoming unable to stand, it dies seemingly of pure weakness.
