单词 | two-shear |
释义 | > as lemmastwo-shear two-shear adj. and n. (a) adj. of a sheep, that has been shorn twice; (b) n. a two-shear sheep; also, the time or age of the second shearing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by age > two years old twinter1404 hoggerel1530 two-shear1788 four-tooth1793 bident1881 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of parts of > having a fleece > shorn shorn?1518 out of the woolc1540 shorned1600 two-shear1788 1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 260 The wedders will fat at two-sheer (that is, two to three years old) to thirty pounds a quarter. 1831 J. Morton Gloucestershire Hill-farm 16 in Farm-rep. The two-shear, or four-teeth ewes. 1898 Speaker 5 Feb. 181 [The lamb] attained to the dignity of a two-shear. < as lemmas |
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