sheepˈ-hook noun

A shepherd's crook

sheep ked noun

A wingless fly (Melophagus ovinus) that sucks sheeps' blood

sheepˈ-louse noun (pl sheepˈ-lice)

1. A louse (genus Trichodectes) that infests sheep
2. Loosely, a sheep ked

sheepˈ-master noun

An owner of sheep

sheep meat noun

Mutton or lamb

sheepˈ-pen noun

sheepˈ-plant noun

Vegetable sheep (qv)

sheepˈ-pox noun

A contagious eruptive disease of sheep, resembling smallpox

sheepˈ-rot noun

Liver rot

sheep run noun

A tract of grazing country for sheep

sheep'sˈ-bit scabious see under scabious

sheep scab noun

A mange in sheep transmitted by mites

sheepˈ-scorˈing noun

The counting of sheep (sheep-scoring numerals numerals of Welsh origin, used by shepherds, knitters, and in counting-out rhymes by children)

sheep's eyes plural noun

A wistful amorous look

sheep's fescue noun

A temperate tufted pasture grass (Festuca ovina)

sheep'sˈ-foot noun

A printer's claw hammer

sheepˈshank noun

1. A nautical knot for shortening a rope
2. A sheep's leg
3. Something of slender importance (Scot)

sheep'sˈ-head noun

1. The head of a sheep, esp as food (also adjective)
2. A dolt
3. An American fish related to the porgie

sheepˈshearer noun

sheepˈshearing noun

sheepˈ-silver noun

Money paid in commutation of some right connected with sheep

sheepˈskin noun

1. The skin of a sheep, with or without the fleece attached
2. An item made from it, eg a rug, horse's noseband, coat, etc
3. Leather or parchment prepared from it

sheep station noun (Aust)

A large sheep farm

sheepˈ-stealer noun

sheepˈ-stealing noun

sheep tick noun

1. Strictly, a tick (Ixodes ricinus), a parasite of sheep (and other animals, incl humans)
2. Commonly, a sheep ked

sheepˈtrack noun

A terracette

sheepˈwalk noun

A range of pasture for sheep

sheepˈ-wash noun

A sheep-dip

sheepˈ-whistling adjective (Shakespeare)

Tending sheep

black sheep

The disreputable member of a family or group

separate the sheep from the goats

To identify (esp by some test) the superior members of any group