vervecineadj.

Etymology: < French vervecine (Rabelais), or < Latin vervēcīnus , < vervēcis , vervex wether: see -ine suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvervecine.

rare.

Of or belonging to a sheep. The first quot. merely follows the burlesque diction of the original text.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective]

probaticc1450

sheepy1532

vervecine1653

probatical1747

woolly1820

ovine1828

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. vi. 31 Goodly vervecine spatules perforaminated with petrocile.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vervecean, Vervecine, of or belonging to a Weather or Sheep; like a Weather.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. xi. 330 The vervecine and ovine hydatids, which penetrate into their [sc. sheep's] lungs and liver and occasion the rot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	vervecine
释义	vervecineadj. Etymology: < French vervecine (Rabelais), or < Latin vervēcīnus , < vervēcis , vervex wether: see -ine suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvervecine. rare. Of or belonging to a sheep. The first quot. merely follows the burlesque diction of the original text. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] probaticc1450 sheepy1532 vervecine1653 probatical1747 woolly1820 ovine1828 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. vi. 31 Goodly vervecine spatules perforaminated with petrocile. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vervecean, Vervecine, of or belonging to a Weather or Sheep; like a Weather. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. xi. 330 The vervecine and ovine hydatids, which penetrate into their [sc. sheep's] lungs and liver and occasion the rot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1653
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