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Wiltshire|ˈwɪltʃə(r)|
Name of an English county, applied to (a) a breed of sheep; Wiltshire Horn(ed), (a sheep of) a recently revived breed, distinguished by its very light short wool; (b) a kind of ‘smoked’ bacon; (c) a kind of cheese (also Wilts), North Wiltshire.
1794T. Davis Agric. Wilts 22 The Wiltshire Horned Sheep. Ibid., A flock of Wiltshire ewes. Ibid. 29 The old Wiltshire bacon. 1805J. Luccock Wool 279 The sheep most commonly met with [in Buckinghamshire] are derived from the blood of the Dorset, the Wiltshire, and from a mongrel kind. 1816Jane Austen Emma i. x. 188 She was come in herself for the Stilton cheese, the north Wiltshire, the butter, the cellery, [etc.]. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 17 A smoky taste..such as that we find in Wiltshire bacon. 1837Youatt Sheep 245 These Wiltshires have now passed quite away. 1863H. Jones Jrnl. 20 Aug. in F. W. Lindsay Cariboo Dream (1971) 38, 1 case Gloucester Cheese $75.72 Wiltshire do. $97.35. 1881Sheldon Dairy Farming 246 Different-sized cheeses, from flat Wilts to ‘truckles’ and Cheddars. 1894Oliver Milk, Cheese, etc. 255 The small cylindrical cheeses known as ‘Wiltshire loaves’. 1912Times 19 Dec. 20/4 Bacon... Canadian was steadier, with Wiltshires 1s. dearer. 1945J. F. H. Thomas Sheep ii. 34 The Wiltshire Horned..is no longer to be found in Wiltshire..; the main area of distribution is now Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. 1970Observer 26 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 36/1 Wiltshire Horn..has no wool but, instead, a thick matted coat. 1977Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXV. 708/1 Supposing, for example, that wool became a nuisance and that it was far better to keep sheep that were wool-less and just had hair. It so happens that we have got such a breed, the Wiltshire Horn, that has a rather hairy coat, and so we can use that. |