[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

plague \plague\, n. l. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
   gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. l. plangere to strike, beat. cf.
   plaint.
   1. that which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
      calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
      vexation. --shak.
      1913 webster

            and men blasphemed god for the plague of hail.
                                                  --wyclif.
      1913 webster

            the different plague of each calamity. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. med. an acute malignant contagious fever, that often
      prevails in egypt, syria, and turkey, and has at times
      visited the large cities of europe with frightful
      mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great london
      plague. "a plague upon the people fell." --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   cattle plague. see rinderpest.

   plague mark, plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague;
      hence, a token of something incurable.
      1913 webster
see also:
plaint cattle plague rinderpest plague mark plague spot 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rinderpest \rin"derpest\ ri^n"d~erpe^st, n. g., fr.
   rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.
   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.
   1913 webster
see also:
cattle plague russian cattle plague steppe murrain 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cattle \cat"tle\ ka^t"t'l, n. pl. oe. calet, chatel, goods,
   property, of. catel, chatel, ll. captale, capitale, goods,
   property, esp. cattle, fr. l. capitals relating to the head,
   chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief
   part of a man's property. see capital, and cf. chattel.
   quadrupeds of the bovine family; sometimes, also, including
   all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
   asses, and swine.
   1913 webster

   belted cattle, black cattle. see under belted, black.
      

   cattle guard, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
      a crossing as of a public highway. it is intended to
      prevent cattle from getting upon the track.

   cattle louse zool., any species of louse infecting
      cattle. there are several species. the haematatopinus
      eurysternus and haematatopinus vituli are common
      species which suck blood; trichodectes scalaris eats the
      hair.

   cattle plague, the rinderpest; called also russian cattle
      plague.

   cattle range, or cattle run, an open space through which
      cattle may run or range. u. s. --bartlett.

   cattle show, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
      for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
      accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
      domestic products and of implements.
      1913 webster
see also:
capital chattel belted cattle black cattle belted black 
cattle guard cattle louse haematatopinus eurysternus haematatopinus vituli trichodectes scalaris 
cattle plague russian cattle plague cattle range cattle run cattle show 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cattle plague
     n : an acute infectious viral disease of cattle usually fatal;
         characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of
         mucous membranes syn: rinderpest
see also:
rinderpest 

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