| 单词 | rearing jar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrearing jar C1. (In sense 2.) ‘Intended for rearing, being reared’, as rearing calf, rearing pig; used in rearing, as rearing ground, rearing jar, rearing pond, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [adjective] > intended for rearing rearing1599 1599 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 251 viij. olde swyne and twelve rearinge pigges. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 267/1 House the Rearing Calf, and suckle it twice a day, and after a while set by him Water and Hay, and a ragged Stake to rub on, and at 50 days end Wean it. 1709 in A. Broun & N. Cox Husb. & Huswifery (1933) 70 2 Rearing Calves. 1760 Act Free Importation of Cattle from Ireland Considered 14 Whether by Drains and Inclosures, the same Quantity of Breeding and Rearing-Grounds doth not produce a greater Number of Cattle? 1854 Zoologist 12 4189 For rearing-glasses [for insects], I have used confectioners' show-glasses of various sizes. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Apr. 4/2 Building hatching-houses and boxes, constructing rearing-coops and runs. 1886 Paul's Fish Culture Sept. 71 Rearing grounds similar to those which are found on the coast of France. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Promising well-bred rearing heifer calf. 1891 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 198/1 Rearing ponds situated near the sea. 1918 Sci. Monthly Aug. 123 We ought to know..the relative oxygenating values of the different species of aquatic plants..for rearing ponds. 1967 K. M. Smith Insect Virol. x. 184 The hot medium is poured into rearing jars. 1986 Herald (Keswick & Lake District) 13 Sept. 11/3 At..Auction..on Thursday Penrith Farmer's and Kidd's had 25 cast cows and 60 stirks and rearing calves. 2007 Cage & Aviary Birds 31 May 16/3 Adding pinkies or maggots or buffalo worms bought in frozen packs and thawed out and added to the rearing food when needed. < as lemmas |
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