† fairney-clootsn.

Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, cloot n.

Etymology: < an element of uncertain identity and origin (perhaps a variant of ferny adj., with allusion to the appearance of these structures) + the plural of cloot n.

Scottish (southern). Obsolete. rare.

Apparently: (on a goat or sheep) parts of the section of the leg above the hoof.Quot. 1822 refers to a dog thought to resemble a goat; the precise nature of the parts referred to as fairney cloots is unclear. The definition given in quot. 1825 may be a conjecture.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of

goat's beard1440

wattle1725

fairney-cloots1822

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > (parts of) leg or hoof

cockal1562

cockal bone1603

sheepshank1675

fairney-cloots1822

1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man III. 33 ‘Here's a tyke wi' cloven cloots like a gait, fairney cloots and a' thegither.’

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Fairney-cloots, the small horny substances above the hoofs, where the pastern of a horse lies, but said to be found only in sheep or goats, Ettr[ick] For[est].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	fairney-cloots
释义	† fairney-clootsn. Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, cloot n. Etymology: < an element of uncertain identity and origin (perhaps a variant of ferny adj., with allusion to the appearance of these structures) + the plural of cloot n. Scottish (southern). Obsolete. rare. Apparently: (on a goat or sheep) parts of the section of the leg above the hoof.Quot. 1822 refers to a dog thought to resemble a goat; the precise nature of the parts referred to as fairney cloots is unclear. The definition given in quot. 1825 may be a conjecture. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of goat's beard1440 wattle1725 fairney-cloots1822 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > (parts of) leg or hoof cockal1562 cockal bone1603 sheepshank1675 fairney-cloots1822 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man III. 33 ‘Here's a tyke wi' cloven cloots like a gait, fairney cloots and a' thegither.’ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Fairney-cloots, the small horny substances above the hoofs, where the pastern of a horse lies, but said to be found only in sheep or goats, Ettr[ick] For[est]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1822
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