Sc. [f. the vb.] (See quots.)
1792. Statist. Acc. Scot., IV. 267. The pernicious quality of a species of grass to the health of the sheep … infecting them with a disease called the Vanquish. Ibid. (1793), VII. 518. In one or two farms a disease also prevails termed the Vanquish.
1807. Essays Highl. Soc., III. 407. Change of pasture … is the best known cure for the vanquish.
