Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RAB'ID
RAB'ID, a. [L. rabidus, from rabio, rabo, to rage; W. rhaib.]
Furious; raging; mad; as, a rabid dog or wolf. It is particularly applied to animals of the canine genus, affected with the distemper called rabies, and whose bite communicates hydrophobia.
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