| 单词 | crone sheep |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrone sheep 2. An old ewe; a sheep whose teeth are broken off. Also crone sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > old crock1528 crone1552 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > sheep defined by teeth crone1552 gummy1910 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Crone or kebber sheape, not able to be holden or kepte forth, adaria, adasia. 1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre lxiii, in Posies sig. Hviii The Sheep maister his olde cast croanes can cull. 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 63 Crones, old Ewes. 1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 217 Fifteen old crones sold fat, with their lambs. 1807 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. (new ed.) II. 678 The crones are..constantly sold at four or five years old. 1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 ii. 344 In many districts, as on the heath lands of Norfolk, it often happens that..the centrally-placed teeth are broken across their bodies, by the rough plants on which the sheep graze. Such animals are called ‘crones’. < as lemmas |
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