upheadedadj.
dialect (chiefly northern).
Of cattle: having upright horns; characterised by this.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular type of horns
upheaded1549
crumple-horned1685
crumpled-horn?a1750
snail-horned1787
snaily1884
scurred1963
1549 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 55 One whie of foure yeres olde, uppheded.
1582–3 in J. C. Hodgson Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1906) III. 99 A browne upheaded stot goinge in the northe feild.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Up-heeaded, having the horns growing up nearly perpendicularly.
1878 Trans. Dept. Agric. State Illinois 1876 14 210 Although so compact..in build, they had a fine, high-bred, up-headed style.
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