| 单词 | wether tegs |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswether tegs a. A sheep in its second year, or from the time it is weaned till its first shearing; a yearling sheep; = hog n.1 4, hogget n. 2. Formerly restricted to the female; later applied to both sexes ( ewe teg and wether tegs). Also attributive as teg sheep, teg wool (see 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by age > one year old or sheared once shearling1378 hoggaster1388 hogget1421 shear-sheep1503 shear-hog?1523 hoggerel1530 shear wether hog1537 teg1537 hog sheep1552 lamb-hog1607 shearinga1642 two-teeth1776 hogling1856 1537 in J. Raine Priory of Hexham (1864) I. App. 130 One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 640 The first year we call it..a Lamb,..the second year a hog Lam-hog, or Teg if it be a female. 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 77 Tagge, a sheep of the first year. Suss. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2346/4. 20 Sheep..whereof 15 were Wethers, and 5 Tegs. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry x. 48 Lambs of three Weeks old..are call'd Tegs. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 1 141 I turned in my Tegs (or one year old sheep). 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 39 In England..sheep bear the name of lamb until 8 months old, after which they are called ewe and wether teggs until once clipped. 1866 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) II. 138/1 A lamb becomes a teg in its first winter, and afterwards a hogget; and, on losing its coat, a shearhog. < as lemmas |
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