brandsick, adjective and & noun
- Forms:
- Also brand sic.
- Origin:
- South African DutchShow more Englished form of South African Dutch brandziekte, see brandsiekte.
obs., Pathology
A. adjective brandsiek.
1835 C.L. Stretch Journal. 2 Apr.Our adjutant..was..directing the soldiers to cut the throat of a Brand Sick Calf — least [sic] the Enemy would thereby retain provision, or as he designated it ‘Suport’.
a1875 T. Baines Jrnl of Res. (1964) II. 166John had fallen in with a poor brandsick blesbok ewe, unable to rise, and had slaughtered it.
B. noun brandsiekte.
1863 T. Shone Diary. 20 MayIs sheep as got the brand sic.
1887 A.A. Anderson 25 Yrs in Waggon I. 129Many of the antelope species are subject to brandsick, and hundreds die.
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