Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1884
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†TRANCE, n.2 Sc. usage: a disease of horses (see quot.).Inv. 1884 Crofters' Comm. Evidence I. 646:
It also subjects the horses of this island to a local disease called trance — I mean by that, that all the natural functions of the beast are suspended. It shakes and gets short of breath, and loses all self-command, and dies in a little while.
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