| 单词 | to pick calf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pick calf 6. transitive. Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English. Of an animal, esp. a cow or ewe: to give birth to prematurely; = cast v. 21. Usually without article, e.g. to pick calf. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (transitive)] > give birth to > bear prematurely slink1640 slip1665 warpa1722 pick1777 1777 Dumfries Weekly Mag. 24 June He sells the following Drinks to Black-cattle fellons, colds..red water, legburn, to make them clean after picking calf or otherways. 1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. 55 We hed twoa Kaws pickt Coaf. 1810 Sporting Mag. 35 191 Lord Strathmore's Heroine..picked twins by Remembrancer, a short time since. 1849 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) I. 221/2 Ewes in lamb..kept in a wet lair, will pick lamb, that is, suffer abortion. 1893 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour (rev. ed.) lx. 326 Two of my cows picked calf. 1925 Sc. Farmer 10 Jan. A cold east wind and a bare tail may cause sheep to pick lamb. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 95/1 T'coo pickt her caulf. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 252/1 Pick,..give birth prematurely; also pick calf, pick foal. < as lemmas |
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