award vs ergotism

award

noun
  • A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. 

  • A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award. 

  • The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. 

  • A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit. 

verb
  • To determine; to make or grant an award. 

  • To give (an award). 

  • To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case. 

  • To give (a person) an award. 

ergotism

noun
  • A logical deduction. 

  • The usage of ergot infested grain to poison animals. 

  • The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs, consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms. 

  • The plant disease caused by ergot. 

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