单词 | whole-bred |
释义 | > as lemmaswhole-bred whole-bred adj. of pure breeding (opposed to half-bred adj. 1); cf. sense A. 9b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [adjective] > kept for breeding > of good breed gentle?a1300 generous1594 well-bred1607 whole-bred1667 well-strained1710 standardbred1874 the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] > descent from common ancestor > inbreeding > inbred line whole-bred1667 inbred1888 1667 J. Raymond Folly in Print 83 A frozen dish-clout fore-head Which reacheth to her Crown-a, But if you'l spie, Her hole-bred eye Then come a great way down-a. 1784 Ann. Agric. 2 156 The cows and other cattle whole bred. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. p. xxi A whole-bred Southdown fat wether. 1912 W. T. Grenfell et al. Labrador p. xii (caption) Whole-bred Eskimo dogs. 2005 Journal (Newcastle) (Nexis) 19 Feb. 79 It is hard to escape the claims of Lothian Rising in the second Maiden Race. This whole-bred seven-year-old has very few miles on the clock. < as lemmas |
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