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Webster 1913 Edition
Suffraginous
Suf-frag′i-nous
,Adj.
[L.
suffraginosus
diseased in the hock, fr. suffrago
the pastern, or hock.] Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Suffraginous
SUFFRAG'INOUS
,Adj.
Pertaining to the knee joint of a beast.
Definition 2024
suffraginous
suffraginous
English
Adjective
suffraginous (not comparable)
- (obsolete, nonce word) Of or relating to the hock of an animal.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- The different flexure and order of the joints might also countenance the same, being not disposed in the Elephant, as they are in other quadrupedes, but carry a nearer conformity unto those of Man; that is, the bought of the fore-legs, not directly backward, but laterally and somewhat inward; but the hough or suffraginous flexure behind rather outward.
- Sir Thomas Browne