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charbon [< F] Obs. 
n. See quotes.
- 1829 Charbon is a disease which seems to afflict the poor French peasants: it is something of the nature of the yaws. A small black spot appears on some part of the body,--hence the French name charbon, or charcoal: this is commonly on the arm, and there is no remedy but that of almost instantly cutting out the infected part. It is reported that they are tainted with this loathsome complaint from their handling cadaverous animals, skinning and eating such, as they frequently do,--the same as the poor Scotch moor farmers do their braxy sheep, which is the root of their sibbans, or yaws.
- 1903 The charbon was a disease that afflicted many of the French settlers in Canada at that time [1808].
- 1829 Charbon is a disease which seems to afflict the poor French peasants: it is something of the nature of the yaws. A small black spot appears on some part of the body,--hence the French name charbon, or charcoal: this is commonly on the arm, and there is no remedy but that of almost instantly cutting out the infected part. It is reported that they are tainted with this loathsome complaint from their handling cadaverous animals, skinning and eating such, as they frequently do,--the same as the poor Scotch moor farmers do their braxy sheep, which is the root of their sibbans, or yaws.