单词 | shepherd |
释义 | shepherdn. 1. a. A man who guards, tends, and herds a flock of sheep (grazing at large); usually one so employed for hire; or one of a pastoral people who herds (his own) sheep, goats, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > shepherd shepherda1023 sheep's herdc1175 shepc1381 herd-groomc1384 pastorc1400 pastorelc1440 groomc1550 Pan1579 sheepman1591 pastoral1607 sheep-ward1609 feeder1611 sheep-herder1872 a1023 Wulfstan Homilies lv. 288 Swa swa sceaphyrde tosceat sceap fram gatum. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3587 Crist iss allse dauiþþ wass Shephirde. & king. & kemmpe. c1275 Passion our Lord 133 in Old Eng. Misc. 41 Beo þe seopheorde aquold and of lyue bireued Þenne scule sone his seop alle beon todreued. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7210 Ssepurdes hii beþ luþere vor hii ne witeþ noȝt Her ssep fram þe wolues. 1315 Shoreham 5 Joys of Virg. 135 Out com an aungel wyþ great leem In-to þe feld of bedleem, Amonges þe schepherden, Te telle þat cryst was y-bore. c1450 Mirk's Festial 22 Þay..speken godely and louyngly to pore schephordes þat kepten hor schepe yn þe contre by. 1459 Inventory Fastolf's Wardrobe in Paston Lett. (1904) III. 178 Inprimis, j. clothe of arras, clyped the Schipherds clothe. 1459 Inventory Fastolf's Wardrobe in Paston Lett. (1904) III. 181 j. clothe of arras, of the Schipherds. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. i. 5 The good sheppard exposeth his lyf for his sheep. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid viii. Prol. 46 Sum schippart slayis the lordis sheip, and sais he is a sant. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance x. f. 18v Rude shepardes olde and decrepyte. 1599 T. Dallam Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) i. 87 A foreste-like Cuntrie, wheare we saw nether towne nor villidge, but somtime a shipheardes Hoote. 1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe v. sig. H3 If the sunne of thy bewtie, doe not white me like a shippards holland I am a Iewe to my Creator. 1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne ix. 283 The next denomination is of a sheepherd and flock. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul iii. iv. 398 The greater part of the tribe is composed of shepherds. 1891 Spectator 28 Feb. Every one hastened to turn shepherd, and cultivate wool and mutton. b. Applied to the rustic personages of pastoral poetry. Hence, in poetry more or less adopting the pastoral convention, formerly often used to designate the writer and his friends or fellow-poets. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > pastoral poem > [noun] > personage in pastoral poetry shepherd1591 1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 526 And ye faire Damsels, Shepheards dere delights, That with your loues do their rude hearts possesse. 1600 W. Raleigh Nimphs Reply in Englands Helicon sig. Aa.2 If all the world and loue were young, And truth in euery Sheepheards tongue. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 82 Dead Shepheard, now I [f]ind thy saw of might. View more context for this quotation a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 2 Near Avon's bank,..A tuneful shepherd [note, Mr. Somerville] charm'd the list'ning wave. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > shepherd > shepherdess herdessc1374 shepherdess1532 shepherd1588 pastora1612 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > pastoral poem > [noun] > personage in pastoral poetry > shepherdess shepherdess1532 shepherd1588 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. D3 The maide with the garland on her head was Fawnia the faire shepheard. d. A representation (in china, etc.) of a youthful shepherd; cf. shepherdess n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > of living thing > of human figure > others puttine1612 puttoc1660 shepherdess1780 shepherd1866 criophore1909 1866 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 358 Like a Dresden shepherd and shepherdess. e. French History. the Shepherds [= French les Pastoureaux] : the name applied to those who took part in the peasant insurrections of 1251 ff. and 1320. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > dynasty > [noun] > specific Egyptian shepherd kings1587 the Shepherds1759 shepherd1813 Old Kingdom1889 New Kingdom1902 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > insurgent > partisan in specific insurrection maul1525 powder traitor1612 powder plotter1614 the Shepherds1759 Vendean1796 Decembrist1851 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XIII. 308 The irruption of a band of enthusiastick shepherds, who pretended to work miracles. [note] The origin of these shepherds is variously related. a1833 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XI. 710/1 (margin) [1251] The Crusade of Shepherds. 1874 G. W. Cox Crusades xv. 215 The outbreak of the Pastoureaux, or Shepherds (so called from their supposed simplicity),..took place..while Louis IX. was a captive in Egypt. 2. figurative. a. (a) A spiritual guardian or pastor of a ‘flock’; = pastor n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > pastor > [noun] herd971 shepherda1300 herdmanc1320 angelc1384 pastora1387 flock-feeder1545 dominea1679 a1300 Cursor Mundi 28278 Quare i was scheperd hade sauls to kepe To reckelesly i geit my schepe. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ephes. iv. 11 He ȝaf summe sotheli apostlis,..othere forsoth schepherdis [so Tindale and Coverdale; 1611 pastors] and techeris. a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 81 The cheff sheperd in this world þat ys, Shuld be the pope. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 6 Appointed to be pastors and shepheards to feede others. 1693 M. Prior To Dr. Sherlock 68 'Midst thy own Flock, great Shepherd, be receiv'd. 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso xxi. 121 Modern Shepherds need Those who on either hand may prop and lead them. (b) In comic fiction, represented as an official title of the ‘pastor’ or ‘minister’ of a sect. ΚΠ 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxii. 225 ‘The kiss of peace,’ says the shepherd; and then he kissed the women all round. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 52 Then the shepherd read, and supposed that he was explaining a portion of Scripture. b. In Biblical use, applied to God in relation to Israel or the Church; also to Christ (esp. with reference to John x. 12). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > according to other attributes horn of salvation (health)c825 fatherOE sun of righteousnessOE priestc1175 leecha1200 vinec1315 apostlec1382 amenc1384 shepherdc1384 the Wisdom of the Father1402 high priest1526 pelican1526 mediatora1530 reconcilerc1531 branch1535 morning star1535 surety1535 vicar1651 arch-shepherd1656 hierarch1855 particularity1930 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes horn of salvation (health)c825 fatherOE Our FatherOE leecha1200 searcher of (men's) heartsa1382 untempter1382 headstone of the cornerc1400 Valentinec1450 illuminator1485 sun?1521 righteous maker1535 shepherd1535 verity1535 strengthener1567 gracer1592 heart-searcher1618 heartbreaker1642 sustainera1680 philanthropist1730 the invisible1781 praise1782 All-Father1814 wisdom1855 omniscient1856 engracer1866 inbreather1873 God of the gaps1933 the great —— in the sky1968 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John x. 11 I am a good schepherde; a good schepherde ȝyueth his soule, that is, his lyf, for his scheep. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxix. 1 Heare o thou shepherde of Israel, thou yt ledest Iacob like a flocke of shepe. 1655 J. Evelyn Let. 18 Mar. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 68 The shepherds are smitten, and the sheep must of necessity be scattered, unless the great Shepherd of Souls oppose. 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) lxxx. i Shepherd of Souls, the Great, the Good. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. xii. 312 I have not given to the wolf any of the stray lambs whom the Great Shepherd of souls had entrusted to my charge. c. Applied to temporal rulers. Cf. Greek ποιμὴν λαῶν (Homer) ‘shepherd of the peoples’, and similar uses in the Old Testament. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] waldendeOE prince?c1225 ordainerc1300 tyranta1340 prefecta1382 rulera1382 wieldera1382 corner of the people1382 lordshipperc1384 governora1393 moderatora1398 wieldinga1400 leader of lawsc1400 regent1415 governailc1440 dominatorc1450 reignera1464 regnanta1500 gubernator1522 despot1562 shepherd1577 swayer1598 Sophy1599 most mastera1616 Govr.1620 Gov.1630 archon1735 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 113v Poetes..often times call kinges and princes by the names of shepheardes, and feeders of the people. Yea the Lord of the whole world dooth call him selfe a shephearde. 1780 J. Brown Lett. Toleration (1803) i. 23 Political shepherds ought never to overdrive their flocks. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. i. 4 The shepherd of the people has..been put to bed in his own Château of Versailles. 3. (With initial capital.) = shepherd king n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > dynasty > [noun] > specific Egyptian shepherd kings1587 the Shepherds1759 shepherd1813 Old Kingdom1889 New Kingdom1902 1813 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Man viii. §2. 428 Manetho reckons eighteen years between Sethosis and the exit of the Shepherds from Egypt. The dynasty of Shepherds consists of six monarchs. 1860 R. S. Poole in W. Smith Dict. Bible I. 509/2 There can be no question that he [sc. Pharaoh of Joseph's time] was, if the dates be correct, a Shepherd of the xvth dynasty. 4. Australian. A miner who holds a claim but does not work it. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > who stakes or takes up claim > without working it shepherd1855 1855 R. Carboni Eureka Stockade 9 The faithful shepherds..were sure to snore in peace a foot and a half under ground from the surface and six score feet from ‘bang on the gutter’. 1864 J. Rogers New Rush ii. 30 Shame, vagrant shepherds! cast your coat of sloth; other miners..have ris'n to rule the State, and so may you. 188. Argus (Melbourne) in E. E. Morris Austral Eng. (at cited word) Dr. Quick retorted with a declaration that the Grand Junction Company were all ‘shepherds’, and that ‘shepherds’ are the worse of the two classes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > division Pseudoarachnida > order Opiliones > family Phalangidae or genus Phalangium > member of shepherd1608 carter spider1665 shepherd spider1665 spider1665 shepherd's spider1688 father-long-legs1746 granddaddy1808 daddy-long-legs1818 harvestman1830 grandfather-long-legs1833 phalangian1835 phalangidan1835 harvest-spider1852 granddaddy-long-legs1858 phalangid1869 phalange1876 opilionid1900 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 271 This kind of Spyder..delighting in the company of Sheepe: and for this cause I take it, that we Englishmen do call her a Shepheard. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 944 These are called in English Shepherds, in Latine Opiliones, because they are most often seen where sheep use to feed. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 238 Those long-legged ones [i.e. spiders] we call Shepherds, which never spin any thred. 6. = German shepherd n. at German n. and adj. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > German shepherd police dog1836 German shepherd1852 Alsatian1920 German sheepdog1922 shepherd1938 1938 J. Steinbeck Long Valley 13 The rangy dog darted from between the wheels and ran ahead. Instantly the two ranch shepherds flew out at him. 1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant ix. 104 Suddenly, the menacing faces of enormous long-haired black shepherds lunged at the windows on both sides of the car. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. Simple attributive, as (appositive). (a) shepherd-band n. ΚΠ 1902 L. Housman Bethlehem 53 Back to their folds have gone the shepherd-band. shepherd-boy n. ΚΠ 1802 W. Wordsworth To Young Lady 7 There, healthy as a shepherd boy. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. i. 4 As a shepherd boy flourishes his light crook. shepherd folk n. ΚΠ 1899 H. Sutcliffe Shameless Wayne xix. 240 Loose-limbed shepherd folk. shepherd-girl n. ΚΠ 1757 W. Collins Oriental Eclogues i. 8 Here make thy Court amidst our rural Scene, And Shepherd-Girls shall own Thee for their Queen. shepherd-poet n. ΚΠ 1835 W. Wordsworth Extempore Effusion Death J. Hogg 12 And death upon the braes of Yarrow Has closed the Shepherd-poet's eyes. (b) (Pertaining to a shepherd or shepherds.) shepherd-care n. ΚΠ 1845 G. Murray Islaford 17 How lamb-like in his shepherd-care he was. shepherd groom n. ΚΠ 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vii. v. 117 Swaines and shepherd groomes. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone i. 4 What sprinklings of blithe company! Of lasses and of shepherd grooms. shepherd haunt n. ΚΠ 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 154 The Prophet's first thought..was towards his own shepherd-haunts. shepherd knife n. ΚΠ 1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 208 Put I nocht sylence to the, schiphird knaif? shepherd lad n. ΚΠ 1832 Ld. Tennyson May Queen vii, in Poems (new ed.) 93 The shepherd lads on every side 'ill come from far away. shepherd lass n. ΚΠ 1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 316 But now ye Shepheard lasses, who shall lead Your wandring troupes, or sing your virelayes? shepherd life n. ΚΠ 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 150 The shepherd-life of Amos. shepherd lord n. ΚΠ 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems II. 138 The Shepherd Lord was honour'd more and more. shepherd-man n. ΚΠ 1825 J. Wilson Poems II. 310 Quietly slumber shepherd-men In the silence of some inland glen. shepherd peer n. ΚΠ 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xi. xliii. 156 In vain the keeper calls his shepherd peers. shepherd staff n. ΚΠ a1352 L. Minot Poems (1914) ix. 20 None letes him þe way to wende whore he will: Bot with schipherd staues fand he his fill. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 564/9 Angivs, a shepardstaf. 1867 R. S. Hawker Prose Wks. (1893) 110 A damsel in the bloom of youth stood leaning on her shepherd-staff. shepherd swain n. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vi. sig. Hh2v The gentle Shepheard swaynes. shepherd-tent n. ΚΠ 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad iv. 163 To the Massylian shepherd-tents she flies. shepherd-wife n. ΚΠ 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon ii. viii. 43 Our knight opprest Begs from some shepherd-wife her simple fare. b. Egyptian History. [sense 3] , as Shepherd-invasion n., Shepherd-period n., Shepherd-prince n., etc.; see also shepherd king n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > dynasty > [adjective] > specific Egyptian Ramessid1850 shepherd1854 1854 W. Osburn Monum. Hist. Egypt II. v. 208 The Shepherd invasion. 1854 W. Osburn Monum. Hist. Egypt II. v. 209 When Amosis first attacked the Shepherd kingdom. 1860 R. S. Poole in W. Smith Dict. Bible I. 509/1 The period of Egyptian history to which the Shepherd-invasion should be assigned is a point of dispute. 1863 R. S. Poole in W. Smith Dict. Bible III. 1856/2 Remains of the Shepherd-period. 1877 J. E. Carpenter tr. C. P. Tiele Outl. Hist. Relig. 53 The Arab Shepherd-Princes (the Hyksos). c. Similative. (a) shepherd-hearted adj. ΚΠ 1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. ii. 31 A shepherd-hearted and royal youth like David. (b) shepherd-like adj. ΚΠ 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints 251 Peters successor..Who, shepheardlike,..doth shew, that all things turne to their first being. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. xviii. 119 Showing now defiled His hireling hands, a better help's achieved Than if he blessed us shepherd-like and mild. d. Special combinations. shepherd-bird n. = pastor n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Sturnidae > genus Sturnus > sturnus roseus rose-coloured ouzel1678 pastor1837 shepherd-bird1869 1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds I. 227 The Rose Starling, or Shepherd-bird (Pastor roseus). shepherd-check n. = shepherd's check n. at Compounds 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > tartan > types of > black or white shepherd's plaid1836 shepherd-check1862 shepherd tartan1865 shepherd plaid1940 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 3980 Cloakings, coatings, livery Valencias, shepherd checks, trouserings, &c. shepherd-dog n. = shepherd's dog n. at Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] shepherd-dogc1425 shepherd's dogc1440 shepherd's mastie1577 sheep-hounda1640 sheep-doga1774 tripe-hound1923 c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 699/17 Hic aggregarius, a scheperd dog. 1846 E. J. Lewis in W. Youatt Dog (1858) iii. 105 The descendants of the Spanish shepherd dog, so highly prized in protecting the Merino flocks from the wolves. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > miscellaneous types > opilionum muscam shepherd fly1664 shepherd's fly1688 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 6 The Shepherd-flye or Spinster-flye, which Muffet calls Opilionum Muscam. shepherd land n. Scottish (see quot. 1892). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > sheep pasture heafc1525 sheep-gate1535 herdwick1537 fold-course1538 wether gang1561 sheep-walk1586 sheep's course1623 sheep-weald1634 sheep-rake1653 sleighta1697 sheep-leasea1722 sheep-sleighta1722 hirsel1822 sheep-run1826 sheep-heaf1844 shepherd land1892 heft1960 1892 C. Patrick Mediæval Scot. ii. 20 ‘Shepherd land’ seems to have been generally hill pasturage, to which the sheep were sent at suitable seasons. shepherd plaid n. = shepherd's plaid n. at Compounds 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > tartan > types of > black or white shepherd's plaid1836 shepherd-check1862 shepherd tartan1865 shepherd plaid1940 1940 Swing May 10/3 I'm a killer with my new shepherd plaid suit. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 3/1 (advt.) New multiple colored striped worsteds, shepherd plaids and a host of plains are now ready for your inspection. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] > payment in lieu of service > others sharn-penny1200 reap-silver1299 salt-silver1363 shepherd silvera1377 waking-silver1390 carriagec1400 plough-silver1423 cuddy15.. reap-penny1843 a1377 Abingdon Rolls (Camden) 40 Item pro hidagio xijd. Item pro schepersulfer ijd. qa. shepherd spider n. the harvest-spider (also shepherd's: see Compounds 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > division Pseudoarachnida > order Opiliones > family Phalangidae or genus Phalangium > member of shepherd1608 carter spider1665 shepherd spider1665 spider1665 shepherd's spider1688 father-long-legs1746 granddaddy1808 daddy-long-legs1818 harvestman1830 grandfather-long-legs1833 phalangian1835 phalangidan1835 harvest-spider1852 granddaddy-long-legs1858 phalangid1869 phalange1876 opilionid1900 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 198 The Carter, Shepherd Spider, or long-legg'd spider. 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 278 Shepherd-Spiders (Phalangidæ). shepherd tartan n. = shepherd's tartan n. at Compounds 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > tartan > types of > black or white shepherd's plaid1836 shepherd-check1862 shepherd tartan1865 shepherd plaid1940 1865 D. C. Boyd in W. G. Blaikie Personal Life D. Livingstone (1881) xviii. 362 He wore..shepherd-tartan trousers. C2. Combinations with shepherd's (sometimes varying with combinations of shepherd, see Compounds 1). a. Obvious combinations denoting a thing such as is used by or is characteristic of shepherds, as shepherd's crook, shepherd's horn, shepherd's life, shepherd's staff, etc. ΚΠ c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 445/1 Schepeerdys croke, pedum. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 445/1 Scheperdys logge, or cory, magalis, mapale. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 266/2 Schepherdes bagge, pannetiere. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 266/2 Schepherdes staffe, hovlette. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Bardocucullum, a thrummed hatte, or a shepardes cloke. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 11 And how like you this shepherds life Mr Touchstone? View more context for this quotation 1688 London Gaz. No. 2383/4 Lost... Three Mares, one black,..a Shepherds-hook on the near Hip behind. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. ii. 59 Is not that a shepherd's horn sounding at a distance? b. Special combinations. shepherd's calendar n. a calendar containing weather predictions and seasonable instructions for the use of shepherds (apparently proverbially referred to as an unreliable source of information); hence adopted as the title of certain pastoral poems; see also Compounds 2d. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > specific calendars Gregorian Calendarc1275 Julian Calendarc1275 fastia1387 almanacc1392 prognostication1486 shepherd's calendar1506 ephemeris1559 perpetual almanac?1566 perpetual calendar1577 ephemeris1647 primstaff1662 rim-stock1662 parapegma1671 Poor Robin1708 menologium1709 menologion1727 rune-staff1753 Liberian Calendar1754 parapegm1755 timetable1758 prognosticator1779 Hindu calendar1795 Moore's Almanac1806 Moorea1821 numeral1853 Advent calendar1867 paddywhack almanac1875 paddy1876 Islamic calendar1912 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun] > instance of shepherd's calendar1506 misreport1530 misrecital1539 misinformation?1615 missaying1650 Plinyism1693 misstatement1790 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > pastoral poem > [noun] > titles of pastoral poems shepherd's calendar1506 georgic1684 1506 tr. Kalender of Shepherdes sig. A.iiv These be the contentis of this present Boke of the Shepeherdes kalender. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xvi. 552 His Reader woulde also longe to know..in what Chronicle..thei were recorded. Otherwise he wil suspecte, M. Hardinge founde it in the Shepeheardes Calendare. 1579 E. Spenser (title) The shepheardes calender. shepherd's chess n. a game, perhaps nine-men's morris. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > games similar to draughts > [noun] > merels merelsc1449 morris1600 ninepenny marl1694 ninepenny morris1694 shepherd's chess1869 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. ix. 102 They were..playing at push-pin, or shepherd's chess, or basset; or some trivial game of that sort. shepherd's club n. two varieties of moth (see quots. 18321, 18322). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Plusiidae > euclidia glyphica shepherd's club1832 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Noctua or Cucullia > cucullia thapsiphaga shepherd's club1832 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 90 The Shepherd's Club (Cucullia Thapsiphaga..) appears in June. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 100 The Shepherd's Club (Euclidia glyphica). shepherd's companion n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Rhipidura (fan-tail) willy wagtail1780 shepherd's companion1847 fan-tail1848 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. 80 We also observed..the shepherd's companion, or fan-tailed fly-catcher (Rhipidura). 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 11/1 The Shepherd's Companion is a curious little bird, which much resembles a wagtail in its habits. shepherd's crook arm n. a chair-arm shaped somewhat like a shepherd's crook. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > parts of chairs > arm > type of shepherd's crook arm1960 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 256/2 Shepherd's crook arm, chair or settee arm of elegantly curving shape, the end in the form of a shepherd's crook, fashionable during the first three decades of the 18th cent. 1973 Country Life 30 Aug. (Suppl.) 74/2 Walnut Queen Anne armchair..has a spoon-back, shepherds' crook arms and graceful cabriole legs. shepherd's crown n. = shepherd's purse n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Echinoidea > fossil fairy stone1646 fairy loaf1827 shepherd's crown1893 shepherd's purse1893 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Shepherds'-crown, fossil Echini [see also shepherd's purse n. 2]. shepherd's dog n. a large variety of dog employed by shepherds to control and protect flocks of sheep (cf. sheep-dog n. at sheep n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] shepherd-dogc1425 shepherd's dogc1440 shepherd's mastie1577 sheep-hounda1640 sheep-doga1774 tripe-hound1923 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 445/1 Scheperdys dogge, gregarius. 1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §1415 The shepherd's dog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > miscellaneous types > opilionum muscam shepherd fly1664 shepherd's fly1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. ix. 190/2 Shepherds fly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > harp or lyre > [noun] > other harps double harp1552 Welsh harp?1589 shepherd's harp1688 French harp1785 pedal harp1786 koto1795 kora1799 langspiel1821 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 76/2 An Instrument of Musick, termed a shepards harpe; it is no other then a Board cut Bevile on both sides, with wyer or bowell strings fastned there on with pins and pegs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > lover's opportunity shepherd's hour1690 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon iv. i. 46 Fair Iris and her Swain Were in a shady Bow'r; Where Thyrsis long in vain Had sought the Shepherd's hour. shepherd's knot n. (see quot. 1844). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > net or hurdle on turnips > knot for net shepherd's knot1844 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 33 These ropes are wound round the stakes [of a net enclosing sheep] by a peculiar sort of knot called the ‘shepherd's knot’. shepherd's lamp n. dialect the evening star. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > inferior planet > [noun] > Venus > as evening star evenstarOE Hesperusc1374 eve stara1387 vesper1390 evening star1535 night star1595 Vesperugo1600 shepherd's lamp1827 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 111 The Shepherd's Lamp, which even children know. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] shepherd-dogc1425 shepherd's dogc1440 shepherd's mastie1577 sheep-hounda1640 sheep-doga1774 tripe-hound1923 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 154v, (margin) The shepheardes Mastie. shepherd's pie n. a pie consisting of chopped meat and potatoes, covered with a crust of mashed potatoes browned. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > other meat dishes langue de boeuf1381 sawgeatc1390 pome-garneza1450 olive1598 potato pie1600 capilotade1611 carbonade1651 beef à la mode1653 Scots collops1657 Scotch collops1664 galantine1702 grenadine1706 scotched collops1708 à la mode beef1723 miroton1725 German duck1785 cottage pie1791 chartreuse1806 timbale1824 sanders1827 rognon1828 rolliche1830 schalet1846 old thing1848 Brunswick stew1855 scrapple1855 moussaka1862 cannelon1875 crépinette1877 shepherd's pie1877 chop suey1888 estouffade1889 noisette1891 chaudfroid1892 patty1904 boeuf bourguignon1915 sukiyaki1920 bœuf stroganoff1932 bœuf1936 flauta1938 rumaki1941 rendang1948 pastitsio1950 keema1955 bulgogi1958 moo shu1962 Melba1964 shabu-shabu1970 carpaccio1974 al pastor1977 gosht1982 parmo1999 parmesan2003 beef stroganof- 1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 256 In Scotland they produce..such a stew, cover it over with a crust, and call it shepherd's pie... The shepherd's pie of Scotland is..too farinaceous—potatoes within and paste without. 1896 Daily News 30 Nov. 8/5 Shepherd's pie. 1969 R. Wollheim Family Romance 228 What I couldn't face was ordering shepherd's pie. 1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn xviii. 164 Put a shepherd's pie in the oven. shepherd's pipe n. (see quot. 1881). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > oboe-like instruments shepherd's pipec1440 alto fagotto1829 tenoroon1849 krummhorn1864 zurna1870 rackett1876 suona1881 heckelphone1905 surnai1905 shehnai1914 doppione1953 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 445/1 Scheperdys pype, barbita. 1881 W. H. Stone in Grove Dict. Music III. 486 Shepherd's Pipe, a name given to the pastoral oboe or musette. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > division Pseudoarachnida > order Opiliones > family Phalangidae or genus Phalangium > member of shepherd1608 carter spider1665 shepherd spider1665 spider1665 shepherd's spider1688 father-long-legs1746 granddaddy1808 daddy-long-legs1818 harvestman1830 grandfather-long-legs1833 phalangian1835 phalangidan1835 harvest-spider1852 granddaddy-long-legs1858 phalangid1869 phalange1876 opilionid1900 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. x. 215/2 The long legged Spider of the Garden, or Field,..is called the Shephards-Spider, because they are generally in the grounds where sheepe pasture. c. In certain names of textile fabrics. shepherd's check n. a woollen cloth with a black-and-white check pattern. ΚΠ 1896 ‘L. Keith’ Indian Uncle xvi. 253 Let himself be instantly ‘happet’ in the sheriff's shepherd-check plaid. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 4/2 Shepherd's check tartan. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 4/2 These shepherd's check gowns. shepherd's plaid n. = shepherd's check n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > tartan > types of > black or white shepherd's plaid1836 shepherd-check1862 shepherd tartan1865 shepherd plaid1940 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 195 He wore shepherd's-plaid inexpressibles. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate i A large soft shawl of shepherd's plaid. Categories » shepherd's tartan n. = shepherd's check n. shepherd's cloth n. = fearnought n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > stout or durable > fearnought fearnothing1725 fearnought1769 shepherd's velvet1791 shepherd's cloth1794 dreadnought1797 1794 Sporting Mag. 3 193 The wadding..is made of the cloth called fear-naught or shepherd's cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > stout or durable > fearnought fearnothing1725 fearnought1769 shepherd's velvet1791 shepherd's cloth1794 dreadnought1797 1791 E. Nairne Poems 76 A bran new coat Of shepherd's velvet. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for clothing for specific people shepherd's greyc1640 Negro cloth1653 parish blue1830 negro felt1847 nigger cloth1857 stuff1889 c1640 A. Townshend Poems & Masks (1912) 27 And cast thy purple roabes away, To take a scripp and sheapheards grey. d. In the names of plants, chiefly dialect: ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > shepherd's purse pursewortc1300 shepherd's pursea1400 case weeda1500 shepherd's bag1548 shepherd's pouch1568 shepherd's scrip1578 pickpurse1597 poor man's parmacety1597 toothwort1597 toywort1597 shepherd's pedler1811 pickpocket1854 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. H.ij Bursa pastoris is also called in englishe of many Bursa pastoris & of other Shepherdes bag or Shepherdes purse. shepherd's beard n. = sheep's beard n. at sheep n. Compounds 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants wild sagea1400 yellow devil's-bita1400 white golda1425 cotula1578 golden cudweed1597 golden tuft1597 rattlesnake root1682 Cape tansy?1711 hawkbit1713 ambrosia1731 cabbage tree1735 hog's eye1749 Osteospermum1754 ox-tongue1760 scentless mayweed1800 old man's beard1804 ox-eye1818 echinacea1825 sheep's beard1836 shepherd's beard1840 cat's-ear1848 goatweed1869 silversword1888 khaki bush1907 venidium1937 khaki bos1947 Namaqualand daisy1963 1840 J. Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. Shepherd's Beard, see Arnopogon. Categories » shepherd's bedstraw n. Asperula cynanchica (Britten & Holland 1886). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > [noun] smearwortc725 evenlesteneOE hovec1000 hindheala1300 vareworta1300 falcc1310 holwort1350 spigurnela1400 rush?a1425 buck's tonguec1450 lich-walec1450 lich-wortc1450 vine-bind1483 finter-fanter?a1500 heartwood1525 wake-wort1530 Our Lady's gloves1538 bacchar1551 hog's snout1559 centron1570 lady's glove1575 sharewort1578 kite's-foot1580 Magdalene1589 astrophel1591 eileber1597 exan1597 blue butterflower1599 bybbey1600 oenothera1601 rhodora1601 shamefaced1605 mouse-foot1607 Byzantine1621 popinjay1629 priest's bonnet1685 Indian weed1687 foal-bit1706 shepherd's bodkin1706 bottle-head1714 walking leaf1718 French apple1736 bugleweed1771 night-weed1810 beggar-weed1878 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shepherds-Bodkin, a sort of Herb. shepherd's calendar n. the scarlet pimpernel. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 1832 A. E. Bray Let. in Descr. Part Devonshire (1836) I. xviii. 318 We have..the shepherd's calendar, and the one o'clock, the very dial of poetry. shepherd's clock n. (a) = shepherd's calendar n.; (b) the goatsbeard, Tragopogon pratensis (B. & H.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 1878 S. Phillips On Seaboard 86 We..Read the ‘shepherd's clock’. shepherd's club n. the common mullein, Verbascum Thapsus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > mullein feltwortc1000 verbascumOE Thapsusa1400 mullein?a1425 hag taper1526 high-taper1526 tapsebarbe1526 lungwort1538 torch1552 moth mullein1578 wolleyn1578 woollen1578 hedge-taper1579 wool-blade1585 bullock's lungwort1597 candlewick mullein1597 mullet1597 torch-herb1598 taperwort1601 torchwort1647 Jupiter's staff1664 cow's lungwort1777 shepherd's club1790 woollens1800 flannel-leaf1821 Adam's flannel1828 flannel-plant1849 king's taper1858 torch-blade1861 velvet-dock1863 Jacob's staff1879 shepherd's staff1882 wool-plant1883 shepherd's gourd1896 1790 A. Wilson Poems 12 Shepherds clubs hang nodding o'er the steep. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 84 O'ertopt with stately Shepherds Clubs. Categories » shepherd's comb n. Scandix Pecten (B. & H.). shepherd's cress n. the dwarf cruciferous plant, Teesdalia nudicaulis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > other crucifers Raphanusa1398 watercress?a1450 boor's mustard1548 dish-mustard1548 rocket1548 treacle mustard1548 heal-dog1551 Thlaspi1562 candy mustard1597 Grecian mustard1597 Italian rocket1597 knave's mustard1597 madwort1597 mithridate mustard1597 moonwort1597 mithridate1605 wall-rocket1611 broom-wort1614 candytuft1629 draba1629 Turkey cress1633 rock cress1650 shepherd's cress1713 pennycress1714 alyssum1731 arabis1756 tower mustard1760 faverel1770 molewort1770 stinkweed1793 wall cabbage1796 wall-cress1796 awl-wort1797 sickle-pod1846 Kerguelen cabbage1847 sun cress1848 sand rocket1854 wall mustard1904 buckler-mustard- tower-cress- 1713 J. Petiver Catal. Ray's Eng. Herbal Shepherd's-cress. 1863 J. T. B. Syme Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (ed. 3) I. 209 Teesdalia nudicaulis..Shepherd's Cress. Categories » shepherd's delight n. shepherd's dial n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 1865 Cornhill Mag. July 34 The scarlet pimpernel, from its susceptibility to the changes of the weather, is his [the peasant's] ‘shepherd's dial’. shepherd's glass n. the scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Shepherd's glass. Anagallis arvensis. shepherd's gourd n. the common mullein. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > mullein feltwortc1000 verbascumOE Thapsusa1400 mullein?a1425 hag taper1526 high-taper1526 tapsebarbe1526 lungwort1538 torch1552 moth mullein1578 wolleyn1578 woollen1578 hedge-taper1579 wool-blade1585 bullock's lungwort1597 candlewick mullein1597 mullet1597 torch-herb1598 taperwort1601 torchwort1647 Jupiter's staff1664 cow's lungwort1777 shepherd's club1790 woollens1800 flannel-leaf1821 Adam's flannel1828 flannel-plant1849 king's taper1858 torch-blade1861 velvet-dock1863 Jacob's staff1879 shepherd's staff1882 wool-plant1883 shepherd's gourd1896 1896 Garden Work 4 Mar. 112/1 A young man..called the plant Verbascum Thapsus ‘Shepherd's Gourd’. shepherd's hourglass n. the yellow pimpernel, Lysimachia nemorum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 1909 Essex Rev. XVIII. 77 The Shepherd's Hour-glass. shepherd's joy n. (see quot. 1884). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > other plants one-blade1578 one-leaf1578 spiderwort1597 star of Bethlehem1629 ague-grass1687 unifoil1688 redroot1709 bellwort1785 eucomisc1804 uvularia1836 paintroot1853 twisted stalk1856 Barbados onion1866 fly-poison1866 shepherd's joy1884 onion weed1909 mondo1956 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 124/2 Shepherd's-joy, Australian. The genus Geitonoplesium. shepherd's knot n. = tormentil n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > tormentil plant or root septfoilOE seven-leafOE nutheada1300 tormentila1400 tormentine14.. turmeric1538 seven-leaves1640 tormentil-root1712 bloodroot1811 ewe-daisy1853 flesh and blood1853 shepherd's knot1884 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 125/1 Shepherd's-knot. Tormentilla officinalis. shepherd's myrtle n. Ruscus aculeatus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > butcher's broom > [noun] knee-hollyc1000 butcher's broom1538 petigrew1538 horse-tongue1562 knee-holm1562 knee-hull1562 ruscus1562 double-tongue1578 prickly box1578 tongue-blade1578 ground-myrtle1601 uvularia1706 Alexandrian laurel1760 punnai1794 shepherd's myrtlec1840 Jew's myrtle1856 knee-hul- knee-hulver- c1840 W. A. Bromfield Flora Vectensis (1856) 508 Shepherd's Myrtle. shepherd's needle n. †(a) Geranium, (b) Scandix pecten-veneris (family Apiaceae, formerly Umbelliferae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > shepherd's needle pookneedlea1425 shepherd's needle1562 needle chervil1578 wild chervil1578 lady's comb1597 Venus needle1597 Venus's comb1597 pink needle1611 crow-needle1733 needle1793 Adam's Needle1872 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers herb Roberta1300 stick pile?a1450 culverfootc1450 devil's needlea1500 crane's-bill1548 dove's-foot1548 geranium1548 shepherd's needle1562 bloodroot1578 Gratia Dei1578 sanguine root1578 pigeon's-foot1597 Roman cranesbill1648 robin1694 redshanka1722 musk1728 ragged Robert1734 pigeon-foot1736 rose geranium1773 mountain flowera1787 wood cranesbill1796 peppermint-scented geranium1823 stork's bill1824 wild geranium1840 musk geranium1845 pin grass1847 Robert1847 stinking crane's bill1857 mourning widow1866 pinweed1876 ivy-leaved pelargonium1887 ivy-geranium1894 regal1894 peppermint geranium1922 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 45, in Bulwarke of Defence What is the vertue of leranyunt, called Shepherdes nedell. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 884 Pecten Veneris, siue Scandix. Shepheards Needle, or Venus combe. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 564 The scandix pecten veneris of botanists, and what is often known to agricultors by the names of Shepherd's needle, Beggar's needle, &c. shepherd's pedler n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > shepherd's purse pursewortc1300 shepherd's pursea1400 case weeda1500 shepherd's bag1548 shepherd's pouch1568 shepherd's scrip1578 pickpurse1597 poor man's parmacety1597 toothwort1597 toywort1597 shepherd's pedler1811 pickpocket1854 1811 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. (new ed.) 267 Crowpeck, Shepherd's purse, or shepherd's pedler. shepherd's pouch n. = shepherd's purse n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > shepherd's purse pursewortc1300 shepherd's pursea1400 case weeda1500 shepherd's bag1548 shepherd's pouch1568 shepherd's scrip1578 pickpurse1597 poor man's parmacety1597 toothwort1597 toywort1597 shepherd's pedler1811 pickpocket1854 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 14 Bursa pastoris is called in some places of England shepherdes pouche. shepherd's rod n. Dipsacus pilosus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] teasela1300 wokethistlea1400 fuller's teasel?c1425 fawthistle1483 Venus's basin1551 card thistle1578 Venus's bath1578 fuller's weed1587 fuller's herb1593 fuller's thistle1601 fuller's thorn1601 Venus' laver1601 shepherd's rod1633 shepherd's staff1760 manweed1829 Venus's cup1855 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 1168 Dipsacus minor, sive Virga pastoris. Sheepheards-rod. 1735 J. Keogh Bot. Univ. Hibernica 122 Wild Teasel, great Shepherds Rod, venus Bason, or carde Thistle. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 182 Shepherd's Rod. Shepherd's Staff. Small Teasel. Categories » shepherd's root n. = tormentil n. (B. & H.). shepherd's rose n. ? some species of rose growing in hedges. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush summer rosea1456 French rose1538 damask rose?a1547 musk rose1559 province1562 winter rose1577 Austrian brier1590 rose of Provence1597 velvet rose1597 damasine-rose1607 Provence rose1614 blush-rose1629 maiden's blush1648 monthly rose tree1664 Provinsa1678 York and Lancaster rose1688 cinnamon rose1699 muscat rose1707 cabbage rose1727 China-rose1731 old-fashioned rose1773 moss rose1777 swamp rose1785 alba1797 Cherokee rose1804 Macartney rose1811 shepherd's rose1818 multiflora1820 prairie rose1822 Boursault1826 Banksian rose1827 maiden rose1827 moss1829 Noisette1829 seven sisters rose1830 Dundee rambler1834 Banksia rose1835 Chickasaw rose1835 Bourbon1836 climbing rose1836 green rose1837 hybrid China1837 Jaune Desprez1837 Lamarque1837 perpetual1837 pillar rose1837 rambler1837 wax rose1837 rugosa1840 China1844 Manetti1846 Banksian1847 remontant1847 gallica1848 hybrid perpetual1848 Persian Yellow1848 pole rose1848 monthly1849 tea rose1850 quarter sessions rose1851 Gloire de Dijon1854 Jacqueminot1857 Maréchal Niel1864 primrose1864 jack1867 La France1868 tea1869 Ramanas rose1876 Japanese rose1883 polyantha1883 old rose1885 American Beauty1887 hybrid tea1890 Japan rose1895 roselet1896 floribunda1898 Zéphirine Drouhin1901 Penzance briar1902 Dorothy Perkins1903 sweetheart1905 wichuraiana1907 mermaid1918 species rose1930 sweetheart rose1936 peace1944 shrub rose1948 1818 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. i. ii. 69 No shepherd's rose, no honeysuckle, none of that endless variety of beauties that decorate the hedges and the meadows in England. shepherd's scrip n. = shepherd's purse n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > shepherd's purse pursewortc1300 shepherd's pursea1400 case weeda1500 shepherd's bag1548 shepherd's pouch1568 shepherd's scrip1578 pickpurse1597 poor man's parmacety1597 toothwort1597 toywort1597 shepherd's pedler1811 pickpocket1854 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lv. 81 Bursa pastoris..[is called] in English Shepherds purse, Scrippe, or Pouche. shepherd's staff n. (a) = shepherd's rod n.; (b) the common mullein. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] teasela1300 wokethistlea1400 fuller's teasel?c1425 fawthistle1483 Venus's basin1551 card thistle1578 Venus's bath1578 fuller's weed1587 fuller's herb1593 fuller's thistle1601 fuller's thorn1601 Venus' laver1601 shepherd's rod1633 shepherd's staff1760 manweed1829 Venus's cup1855 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > mullein feltwortc1000 verbascumOE Thapsusa1400 mullein?a1425 hag taper1526 high-taper1526 tapsebarbe1526 lungwort1538 torch1552 moth mullein1578 wolleyn1578 woollen1578 hedge-taper1579 wool-blade1585 bullock's lungwort1597 candlewick mullein1597 mullet1597 torch-herb1598 taperwort1601 torchwort1647 Jupiter's staff1664 cow's lungwort1777 shepherd's club1790 woollens1800 flannel-leaf1821 Adam's flannel1828 flannel-plant1849 king's taper1858 torch-blade1861 velvet-dock1863 Jacob's staff1879 shepherd's staff1882 wool-plant1883 shepherd's gourd1896 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 327 Shepherd's Staff, Dipsacus. 1882 Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. vii. 142 Verbascum thapsus:..the ‘Shepherd's Staff’ of the rustic population. shepherd's sun-dial n. = shepherd's dial n. above. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 343 Shepherd's Sun-dial, the scarlet pimpernel. shepherd's thyme n. (a) the wild thyme, Thymus Serpyllum; (b) the chalk milkwort. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygalaceae (milkwort and allies) > [noun] milkwort1578 polygala1578 Cross-flower1597 gang flower1597 rogation flower1597 procession flower1633 rattlesnake root1682 senega1738 rattlesnake-wort1763 flowering wintergreen1818 mountain flax1824 shepherd's thyme1857 love1874 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > thyme or wild thyme brotherwortOE puliol mountainc1300 thyme1398 pelletera1400 petergrassa1425 serpola1425 running thyme1548 serpille1558 pellamountain1575 creeping thyme1597 mother of thyme1597 serpolet1693 shepherd's thyme1857 mountain puliol1908 1857 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 168 Thymus Serpyllum..Shepherd's Thyme. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. vi. ii. 281 On the green turf and shepherd's thyme. 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Shepherds'-Thyme, Polygala calcarea,..chalk Milkwort. Categories » shepherd's warning n. the scarlet pimpernel (B. & H.). Categories » shepherd's watch n. = shepherd's warning n. shepherd's weatherglass n. (a) the scarlet pimpernel; (b) Stellaria Holostea (B. & H.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 47 Pimpernel, dreading nights and showers, Oft call'd ‘the Shepherd's Weather-glass’. 1872 C. Rossetti Sing Song 86 Scarlet shepherd's-weatherglass Spreads wide open at her feet. Derivatives ˈshepherddom n. the state of shepherds.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1905 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 319 The attributes of shepherddom, milk-jar, crook, pipes [etc.]. ˈshepherdhood n. (in quot.), the personality of a shepherd.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1596 W. Smith Chloris (1877) 30 But that it pleased thy graue shepherdhood The Patron of my maiden verse to bee. Draft additions December 2021 shepherd's hut n. a hut, typically on wheels, used by shepherds as accommodation while tending their sheep; (now usually) such a hut or a similar structure used as holiday accommodation, as a summer house, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > herdsman's, shepherd's, etc. shiel1291 tilt1612 shepherd's hut1663 chalet1784 shanty1824 stock-hut1827 kiln-hole1828 hok1930 1663 J. Howell Poems Several Subj. 2 What to the Elephant [is] a Mouse, or Shepherds Hut to Cæsars House. 1675 G. R. tr. A. Le Grand Man without Passion 264 Do we not see, that rich men often imitate the poor, when they have a mind to divert themselves?.. That they set aside the magnificence of their stately dwellings, to come and divert themselves in a Shepherds Hut? a1883 J. J. Stephenson Serm. (1884) xviii. 186 We know the familiar shepherd's hut on its four wheels going with the sheep from pasture to pasture. 1989 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 7 July An old shepherd's hut at Shell Beach will soon be available for accommodation at $15 a night for four people. 2021 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 3 June 21 [They] were ahead of the curve when they bought a brand new shepherd's hut for £25,000 to use as a garden office in 2017. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). shepherdv. 1. transitive. To tend, guard and watch (sheep) as a shepherd. Also rarely to keep or breed (sheep). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > herd guide1551 shepherd1862 1796 [implied in: W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties (ed. 2) II. 446 In the shepherding of sheep, in this country, a few circumstances may be mentioned with propriety. (at shepherding n.)]. 1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last 43 He must..shepherd his own flocks. 1881 Cheq. Career 36 In Australia, sheep..are shepherded and yarded every night. 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche ii. xii. 19 Talos..Who shepherded the sea-goats on the coast. 2. transferred and figurative. To tend, watch over, or guide as a shepherd does his sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] hold971 yemeOE biwitc1000 keepa1325 wait1362 tentc1400 attendc1420 to take guard1426 tend?1521 to have the care of1579 to have, take, give (the) charge of1611 mind1640 to have, take in charge1665 tutor1682 attend1796 shepherda1822 mother1851 society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > direct > as a schoolmaster, sheepdog, or shepherd shepherda1822 schoolmaster1839 shepherdize1899 sheep-dog1973 a1822 P. B. Shelley Arethusa in Posthumous Poems (1824) 157 Arethusa arose From her couch of snows..Shepherding her bright fountains. a1851 Edinb. Rev. in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 8 276 Shepherding a lady. 1862 H. H. Dixon Scott & Sebright (1895) 380 He would put out twenty couple of puppies for him, and go round twice a week to shepherd them. 1868 J. R. Lowell Dara 19 So Dara shepherded a province wide, Nor in his viceroy's sceptre took more pride Than in his crook before. 1885 M. Arnold Poor Matthias French canary-merchant old Shepherding his flock of gold In a low dim-lighted pen. 1898 G. B. Shaw You never can Tell ii. (stage direct.) The waiter shepherds his assistants along with him into the hotel by the kitchen entrance. 3. Australian and New Zealand. transitive and intransitive. To watch over or guard (a mining claim) by working on it superficially (esp. by digging small pits) so as to retain legal rights. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > guard claim shepherd1855 society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > mark out claim > guard (claim) shepherd1855 to hold down1888 1855 R. Carboni Eureka Stockade 8 Here begins as a profession the precious game of ‘shepherding’, or keeping claims in reserve; that is the digger turned squatter. 1861 T. McCombie Austral. Sketches 135 Few of their claims, however, are actually ‘bottomed’, for the owners merely watch their more active contemporaries. [Note] This is termed ‘shepherding’ a claim. 1863 Once a Week VIII. 507 (Farmer) Having sunk their holes, each about a foot, and placed in them a pick or shovel as a sign of ownership, they devoted themselves to the laborious occupation of shepherding. 1864 App. Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. (4th Sess. 3rd Parl.) C.–4. 8 Shepherding forbidden. 1880 D. C. Davies Treat. Metallif. Minerals & Mining 421 Shepherding, Aus., keeping possession of a mining claim by doing the least quantity of work on it allowed by law. 4. a. colloquial or slang. To watch over, to follow closely and watchfully; chiefly slang, see quot. 1890; also Australian slang, to follow a person so as to get something out of him or to cheat him. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > watch or keep guard over [verb (transitive)] hold971 witec1000 ward?a1035 looklOE bewakec1175 getec1175 wakec1175 i-witea1240 forelook1340 watch?a1400 to watch over——1526 award?c1550 guard1582 to wait over ——1659 shepherd1885 watchdog1902 warden1910 1885 Times 13 Apr. 5/3 Admiral Dowell is reported to be closely shepherding the Russian vessels in these seas. 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (at cited word) Adversaries opposite each other at football are said to shepherd or watch each other. A man may shepherd a rich uncle or rich heiress, a detective shepherds a criminal whom he suspects of planning a felony. A man shepherds one of his own side at football by keeping off adversaries while he is running or kicking. 1893 R. Kipling Lost Legion in Many Inventions You must know that all along the north-west frontier of India there is spread a force of some thirty thousand foot and horse, whose duty it is to quietly and unostentatiously shepherd the tribes in front of them. 1899 M. Shearman et al. Football (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) (new ed.) 313 Off goes the ball again; a player seizes it, bouncing it as he goes, ‘shepherded’ along the way by his friends. 1905 Sat. Rev. 10 June 761 He..should have shepherded at an earlier date the Russian fleet out of French waters. b. Military slang. To force (a body of the enemy) into an unfavourable position. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (transitive)] > force (enemy) to position shepherd1900 1900 Daily Tel. 2 Apr. in J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Cronje was shepherded with his army into the bed of the Modder by a turning movement. Derivatives ˈshepherded adj. protected, guarded. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [adjective] > guarded well-guarded1562 guarded1570 shepherded1884 1884 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera xcvi. 306 To be kept from its evil in shepherded peace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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