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Quotation dates: 1845
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†GRICIFER, Grisifer, n. A disease of swine (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1908 Jak. (1928), gris-). [′grisɪfər, ′graisi- (Jak.)]Sh. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 XV. 128:
They [swine] are liable to a complaint called the gricifer, which deprives them of the use of their hinder legs. They very seldom, if ever, recover of it.
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