lamb /lam/

1. The young of a sheep
2. Its flesh eaten as a food
3. Lambskin
4. Someone simple, innocent, sweet or gentle as a lamb (figurative)
5. A dear (informal)

1. To give birth to (a lamb or lambs)
2. To tend at lambing

lambˈer noun

1. Someone who tends lambing ewes
2. A lambing ewe

lambˈing noun

1. The time when ewes give birth to lambs
2. The work involved in delivering and caring for newborn lambs

lambˈkin, lambˈling (rare), or (Scot) lambˈie noun

A little lamb

lambˈ-like adjective

1. Like a lamb
2. Gentle

lambˈ-ale noun

A feast at lamb-shearing

lamb's ears or lamb's tongue noun

A labiate plant, Stachys lanata, with silver woolly leaves

lamb's fry noun

Lamb's offal, esp lamb's testicles

lambˈskin noun

1. The skin of a lamb dressed with the wool on
2. The skin of a lamb dressed as leather
3. A woollen cloth resembling this
4. A cotton cloth with raised surface and deep nap

lamb's lettuce noun

Corn-salad

lamb's quarter noun (US)

Another name for fat hen (see under fat¹)

lamb'sˈ-tails plural noun

Hazel catkins

lamb's tongue noun see lamb's ears above.

lamb'sˈwool noun

1. Fine wool, specif wool obtained from the first shearing of a (yearling) lamb
2. An old English beverage composed of ale and the pulp of roasted apples, with sugar and spices

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