malander, mallender
(ˈmæləndə(r))
Now only pl. Forms: 5 malawnder, 6 malandre, malandrie, 6–8 malender, 7 mallander, 8 mallendar, 6– malander, 7– mallender.
[a. F. malandre a sore in a horse's knee, ad. L. malandria (neut. pl. and fem. sing.).]
A dry scabby eruption behind the knee in horses. † a. sing. Obs.
| c 1400 Promp. Parv. 323/1 Malawnder, sekeness, morbus. 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §94 A malander is an yl sorance..and appereth..in the bendynge of the knee behynde. 1530 Palsgr. 176 Malendre, a malandre, a sore. Ibid. 242/1 Malandrie, sicknesse, malandre. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 313 A Malander is a kinde of Scab growing..overthwart the bent of the knee. 1614 Markham Cheap Husb. 32 Of the Mallandar, Sellander...Crowne-scabs, and such like. 1639 T. de Grey Compl. Horsem. 6 Subject to mainge, mallender, sellender..or any other the like sorances. 1759 Brown Compl. Farmer 18 For a Mallendar. Take bay-salt, gunpowder [etc.]. 1835 Penny Cycl. III. 422/1 Spavin and mullender [sic] are of very rare occurrence. |
| attrib. 1688 Lond. Gaz. No. 2408/4 The hair clipped close on the Mallender place of the near Leg. |
b. pl.| 1601 Holland Pliny II. 335 marg., Lichenes: some take them for the Malanders. 1607 Markham Caval. i. (1617) 20 The best keepers cannot preserve them from scratches, paines and mallanders. 1762 Crazy Tales 74 Withouten splint, or malanders, or grease. 1884 Sat. Rev. 5 July 27/2 It is a breach of a warranty of soundness if the warranted horse suffers from..mallenders. |
Hence
ˈmalandered ppl. a., affected with malanders.
| 1696 Lond. Gaz. No. 3248/4 A strong..Rigil Horse,..malender'd on the near leg. |