barngun dial.
(ˈbɑːngʌn)
[f. barn, dial. var. burn v.1 + gun, dial. var. gound (OE. gund matter, pus).]
An eruption of the skin; shingles.
| 1746 Exmoor Courtship in Gentl. Mag. XVI. 300/1 Vorewey struck out and came to a barngun. 1746 ‘Devoniensis’ Vocab. Exmoor, Ibid. 405/2 Bárngun, a breaking out in small pimples, or pustles in the skin. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xviii. 206 ‘Thou art not come to me,’ she said..‘to be struck for bone-shave, nor to be blessed for barn-gun.’ 1892 H. C. O'Neill Devon. Idyls 87 When I were bad with the barngun. |