blackleg

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.
2. isim A disease of potato crops caused by pectolytic bacteria, characterized by blackening and decay of the lower stem portion.
3. isim A disease of brassicas caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans
4. isim A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.

   “[H]ere, then, was a community of good taste and kind feeling, no sharpers, no black-legs, no wolves in sheep's clothing.”

5. isim A person who takes the place of striking workers.

   “In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.”

6. fiil To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.

   “Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?”