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Definition of Trembles
1. Noun. Disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot.
Definition of Trembles
1. Verb. (third-person singular of tremble) ¹
2. Noun. (plural of tremble) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trembles
1. tremble [v] - See also: tremble
Medical Definition of Trembles
1. An intoxication of cattle, caused by eating white snakeroot, Eupatorium urticaefolium, or the rayless goldenrod; the active agent is a higher alcohol, tremetol, which intoxicated cows eliminate in their milk, causing milk sickness when ingested by humans. Origin: L. Tremulus, trembling, fr. Tremo, to tremble (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trembles
Literary usage of Trembles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1816)
"And further saith, That she did hear the said Mary trembles to say unto the said
... Unto which the said Susanna rq>lied unto the said Mary trembles, ..."
2. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1862)
"LAWRENCE LANDING IN WOLFE'S COVE ARNOLD ON TUG HEIGHTS OF ABRAHAM CAUTIOUS COUNSEL
QUEBEC AROUSED THE INVADERS BAFFLED WITHDRAW TO POINT AUX trembles ..."
3. The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces by John Marshall (1804)
"... Aux trembles....Montgomery lays siege to Quebec....Unsuccessful attack on that
place ....Death of Montgomery ....Blockade of Quebec continued. ..."
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