shepherdn.
/ˈʃɛpəd/, U.S. /ˈʃɛpərd/ 1. † c. = shepherdess n. Obsolete. rare.
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 fly n. Obsolete (see quot. 1664).† shepherd silver n. Obsolete ? a tax paid for the keeping of shepherds.
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 fly n. Obsolete = shepherd fly n. at Compounds 1d.† shepherd's harp n. Obsolete (see quot. 1688).† shepherd's hour n. Obsolete the lover's opportunity (tr. French l'heure du berger).† shepherd's mastie n. Obsolete = shepherd's dog n.† shepherd's spider n. Obsolete = shepherd spider n. at Compounds 1d.
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 velvet n. Obsolete = fearnought n.† shepherd's grey n. Obsolete grey cloth worn by shepherds.
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:† shepherd's bag n. Obsolete = shepherd's purse n. 1. † shepherd's bodkin n. Obsolete (see quot. 1706).
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.
/ˈʃɛpəd/, U.S. /ˈʃɛpərd/ 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).
<
n.a1023
v.1796