Orf Definition

noun

(obsolete) Cattle.

Wiktionary

An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.

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Alternative form of orfe (the fish)

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Origin of Orf

  • From Middle English, from Old English orf (“cattle, livestock”), akin to Old English ierfe (“inheritance, livestock, cattle”). More at erf.

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Orf Sentence Examples

  • Thus a customary law (`orf) has there sprung up side by side with the official sacred law (shari`a), much to the displeasure of the mollahs.

  • We do get the occasional attack of orf, which results in a scabby lesion around the mouth of a lamb.

  • Suckling lambs with orf lesions may be disinclined to suck and ewes with sore teats may not let their lambs feed.

  • The lesions of orf are painful and cause much distress, particularly to ewes and suckling lambs.

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Words Starting With

OORORF

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FRFORF

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Words Starting With O and Ending With F

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With O3 Letter Words Ending With F