m A rag knotted with seven knots and containing seven marking nuts, thrown upon the public road by a person afflicted with boils or other sores (with the view of ridding himself of his affliction). 2 Disease contracted in consequence of stepping over such a rag; esp. Venereal lues represented to have been caught either in this manner or by stepping over or making water at the spot at which a person afflicted with it has made water before. 3 (Esp. amongst hammals.) A place (a cleft or cut across the road) requiring to be stepped over.
m A rag knotted with seven knots and containing seven marking nuts, thrown upon the public road by a person afflicted with boils or other sores (with the view of ridding himself of his affliction). 2 Disease contracted in consequence of stepping over such a rag; esp. Venereal lues represented to have been caught either in this manner or by stepping over or making water at the spot at which a person afflicted with it has made water before. 3 (Esp. amongst hammals.) A place (a cleft or cut across the road) requiring to be stepped over.