RAB'ID, adjective [Latin rabidus, from rabio, rabo, to rage.] 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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