| 单词 | keb-ewe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskeb-ewe A ewe that has lost her lamb, or whose lamb is still-born. Also keb-ewe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > whose lamb is lost or dead keb1470 1470–73 in Rec. Andover 20 Recd pro viij ovibus ecclie vocat[is] Kebbys viijs. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 53 Baytht ȝouis and lammis kebbis and dailis. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 431 b Full of sicknesse, and like an olde kebbe full of wrinckles. 1822 W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 60 Of lambs, the superabundance of twins has far exceeded the loss by kebbs. 1824 Gallovid. Encycl. Keb-Ewes. < as lemmas |
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