| 单词 | hind gad |
| 释义 | > as lemmashind (also hinder) gad 5. North American regional (chiefly Rhode Island). A type of earmark cut in the ears of cattle or sheep, serving as a sign of ownership. Usually with modifying word indicating the part of the ear marked, as fore gad, hind (also hinder) gad. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > branding or marking > ear-mark earmarka1500 swallow fork1636 crop1653 halfpenny1658 gad1666 underkeel1677 lug-mark1802 underbit1837 sleepering1910 1666 in A. Perry & C. S. Brigham Early Rec. Portsmouth (Rhode Island) (1901) 265 [text illegible] Cattle, a gadd one [text illegible]. 1667 in A. Perry & C. S. Brigham Early Rec. Portsmouth (Rhode Island) (1901) 269 A fore gadd one the r[ight ear] The eare marke..is two hinder gads. The eare marke..is a hinder gadd. 1742 in T. W. Bicknell Hist. Barrington, Rhode Island (1898) 247 Mark of Ellis Peck Jnrns Sheep and Cattle is a lone Gad in the right and a slit in the left ear. 1845 in A. Perry & C. S. Brigham Early Rec. Portsmouth (Rhode Island) (1901) 390 The Ear mark of the Creatures of Edward Anthony is a hind Gad on the left ear. 1975 R. K. Turp West Jersey under Four Flags iii. 55 He registered his cattle earmarks, described as half a gad on the far ear. < as lemmas |
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