| 单词 | waster ox |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaster ox a. An animal that is wasting away or losing flesh, or that will not fatten. Also attributive as †waster ox. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > [noun] > sick or injured animal waster14.. piner1882 symmelian1894 14.. in Walter of Henley's Husb. (1890) 51 Þe feble ox costithe as moche and more þen þe beste ox for yeff he be a wayster ox he moste be þe more spared. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry ii. [ii.] i. 45 Which [healthfulness of an ox] you shall know by a good taile and a good pyzel, for if the haire..be lost, then hee is a waster and will be long in feeding [for the butcher]. 1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xli. 308 A lean, slender Pike, though he seem to advance in length; yet is commonly a waster, and in a decaying condition;..yet he'll live and be as hungry and greedy as ever. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Waster, a rabbit or other animal that looks like a dier, wasting away. 1907 Daily Chron. 13 Sept. 6/7 In an adjoining shed there was a ‘waster’ [i.e. a cow affected with tuberculosis], which was so ill that it could not stand up. < as lemmas |
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