shepherdryn.
rare.
a. The business of a shepherd. Cf. shepherdy n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding
shepherdship1548
shepherdry1594
shepherdya1622
shepherding1796
1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iii. f. 28 Pasturage, grasing, and shepheardrie, were before husbandrie and tillage.
b. The affairs of ‘the Order of Ancient Shepherds’, a benefit society. (After forestry n.)
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance association or friendly society
Rechabite1637
friendly society1684
provident society1771
provident club1797
benefit-society1801
benefit-club1812
burial-society1812
ménage1815
burial club1848
forestry1861
tontine1871
shepherdry1900
approved society1911
1900 Dundee Advertiser 19 July 5 Shepherdry.—At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Maisondieu Lodge of Ancient Shepherds..the balance-sheet..was submitted.
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n.1594- to have one's name down
- to have one's name down for
- to have one's name in lights
- to have one's name up
- to have one's nap
- to have one's nose in
- to have one's nose open
- to have one's nose out of joint
- to have one's nose swell
- to have one's nuff
- to have one's oats
- to have one's own ados
- to have one's own rule
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- to have one's peace
- to have one's pennyworths out of
- to have one's petition
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