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ˈnewcal(d, ppl. a. Sc. and north. dial.
Also 8 nuckle, 9 neucle(d, newkeld, etc.
[For new-calved (see new adv. 3 b), or perh. ad. ON. *nýkelfd.]
Of a cow: That has newly calved.
1719Ramsay Richy & Sandy 72 Nuckle kye stand rowting in the loans. 1725― Gentle Sheph. iii. iii, My faulds contain twice fifteen forrow nowt, As mony newcal in my byres rowt. 1801W. Beattie Fruits of Time Parings (1873) 67 (E.D.D.), A new-cal' cow to fill my byre. 1829Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Newcal-cow, a cow newly calved. [Also in recent northern glossaries: see Eng. Dial. Dict.] |