roup

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Another roup on the same ground asked for 20%.

From Time Magazine Archive

Birds occasionally recover, but are generally useless after having had roup.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)

The most certain way of identifying roup is a characteristic sickening odor.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)

Mr. Wright advises half a grain of cayenne pepper with half a grain of powdered allspice in a bolus of the meal, or one of Baily's roup pills to be given daily.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh

The auctioneer was screamed at for favouring his friends, and at times the roup became so noisy that men and women had to be forcibly ejected.

From Auld Licht Idylls by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)