ˈthorter-ˈill Sc.
Also thwarter-.
[f. prec. + ill n.]
A disease of sheep, characterized by distortion of the neck; louping-ill.
| 1791 Statist. Acc. Scot. I. 138 Palsy, called trembling, or thorter ill, to which those fed on certain lands are peculiarly subject. 1808 Sporting Mag. XXXII. 195 A sheep which had died of disease (the thorter ill) and was at the time in a state of putrescence. 1829 Hogg Tales, Sheph. Cal. xvi, The thwarter-ill (a sort of paralytic affection) came among them [the sheep]. |