[Fr. charbon charcoal, carbon; also in sense 2 below.]
1. A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated. ? Obs.
1753. in Chambers, Cycl. Supp.
2. Malignant pustule; = ANTHRAX 2.
[1834. J. M. Good, Study Med. (ed. 4), II. 554. Among the Veterinary Surgeons of France [Melanosis] has obtained the name of Charbon or maladie charbonneuse.]
1869. E. A. Parkes, Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3), 193.
1884. E. R. Turner, in Law Times, LXXVII. 310/2. The disease of which the calves died was anthrax or charbon.
