garget

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gar=get

CIDE DICTIONARY

garget, n. [OE. garget, gargate, throat, OF. gargate. Cf. Gorge. The etymol. of senses 2, 3, & 4 is not certain.].

•  The throat.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
•  A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands.  [1913 Webster]
•  A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite.  Youatt.  [1913 Webster]
•  See Poke.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

garget, n.
1 inflammation of a cow's or ewe's udder.
2 US pokeweed.

Etymology

perh. f. obs. garget throat f. OF gargate, -guete