blue-facedadj.
/ˌbluːˈfeɪst/, U.S. /ˈbluˌfeɪst/ Having a blue or bluish face.Frequently in the names of animals, esp. birds.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]
flatc1400
hardc1400
low-cheeredc1400
large?a1425
ruscledc1440
well-visagedc1440
platter-faced1533
well-faced1534
full-faced1543
fair-faced1553
bright-faceda1560
crab-faced1563
crab-snouted1563
crab-tree-faced1563
long-visaged1584
owlya1586
wainscot-faced1588
flaberkin1592
rough-hewn1593
angel-faced1594
round-faced1594
crab-favoured1596
rugged1596
weasel-faced1596
rough-faced1598
half-faced1600
chitty1601
lenten-faced1604
broad-faced1607
dog-faced1607
weaselled-faced1607
wry-faced1607
maid-faced1610
warp-faced1611
ill-faceda1616
lean-faceda1616
old-faceda1616
moon-faced1619
monkey-faced1620
chitty-face1622
chitty-faceda1627
lean-chapt1629
antic-faced1635
bloat-faced1638
bacon-facea1640
blue-faced1640
hatchet-faced1648
grave1650
lean-jawed1679
smock-faced1684
lean-visaged1686
flaber1687
baby-faced1692
splatter-faced1707
chubby1722
puggy1722
block-faced1751
haggard-looking1756
long-faced1762
haggardly1763
fresh-faced1766
dough-faced1773
pudding-faced1777
baby-featured1780
fat-faced1782
haggard1787
weazen-face1794
keen1798
ferret-like1801
lean-cheeked1812
mulberry-faced1812
open-faced1813
open-countenanced1819
chiselled1821
hatchety1821
misfeatured1822
terse1824
weazen-faced1824
mahogany-faced1825
clock-faced1827
sharp1832
sensual1833
beef-faced1838
weaselly1838
ferret-faced1840
sensuous1843
rat-faced1844
recedent1849
neat-faced1850
cherubimical1854
pinch-faced1859
cherubic1860
frownya1861
receding1866
weak1882
misfeaturing1885
platopic1885
platyopic1885
pro-opic1885
wind-splitting1890
falcon-face1891
blunt-featured1916
bun-faced1927
fish-faced1963
1640 J. D. Knave in Graine ii. sig. D3v The blue fac'd Ocean..nourishes none so false as woman.
1759 Monthly Rev. Mar. 238 The Blue-faced Green Parrot.
1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin (1900) 93/2 A blue-faced rib-nosed baboon.
1922 A. C. Bent Life Hist. N. Amer. Petrels & Pelicans (Smithsonian Inst. National Mus. Bull. 121) 193 The blue-faced booby is an inhabitant of the tropical oceans.
2004 India (Insight Guides) (ed. 7) 206 Embellished with blue-faced gods or pink-faced colonials on elephants.
Compounds
bluefaced Leicester n. an English breed of sheep with fine, curly wool and a dark, wool-free face; a sheep of this breed; cf. Leicester n. a.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of
mug1596
down1721
Shropshire1768
Norfolk sheep1778
Ryeland1786
Southdown1786
Persian1794
Leicester1798
Southdowner1799
Ryeland1802
loaghtan1812
Manx loaghtan1812
herdwick1837
Wallachian1837
Norfolk1851
Teeswater1861
bluefaced Leicester1864
Rough Fell1871
Border Leicester1873
Mexican1878
Cheviot1883
fat-tail1888
pampas1892
pampas sheep1895
turbary1908
karakul1913
East Friesian1949
Texel1949
Norfolk Horn1961
Colbred1962
1864 18th Ann. Rep. Ohio State Board Agric. 1863 509 We have almost always used the small-boned blue-faced Leicester.
1896 Cheshire Observer (Chester) 26 Sept. 2/7 The dale is not only famed for its cheese, but also for its variety of sheep, the so-called ‘blue-faced Leicester’ or Wensleydale.
1981 L. Alderson in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Livestock & Poultry (1988) v. 111/1 At the present time, the Bluefaced Leicester and its cross-bred progeny, the Mule, are in the forefront of popularity.
2011 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 1 July 10/2 I've got about 25 Bluefaced Leicester ewes at home along with 15 mule ewes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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