pickeridge

pickeridge
pickeridge
(ˈpɪkərɪdʒ)
[f. pick v.1 + ridge, back.]
‘One of the varieties of warbles; a swelling occurring on the backs of cattle’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
in Ogilvie; and in later Dicts.

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