| 单词 | one shear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone shear d. Used in stating the age of sheep with reference to the number of times the fleece has been shorn. one shear, two shear: one, two years old. Also attributive as two-shear ram. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by age hog1306 ewe-hog1531 tup-hog1591 one shear1614 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry iii. xxx. 80 If you will know the age of your Sheepe, looke in his mouth, and when hee is one sheare hee will haue two broad teeth afore. 1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 398 I have seen wedders, of only two shear (two to three years old) so loaded with fat, as [etc.]. 1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 399 A loin of mutton of a sheep (ten shear) of twentysix pounds a quarter, weighed, [etc.]. 1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 309 He has some shearling tups, and two shear that are good. 1911 Midl. Counties Herald 29 June 4/2 Two shear ram. < as lemmas |
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