Sheep :: Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia..

Sheep :: Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) A weak, bashful, silly fellow..

Sheep :: Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd..

Sheep''s-eye :: Sheep's-eye (n.) A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural..

Sheep''s-foot :: Sheep's-foot (n.) A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer..

Sheep-faced :: Sheep-faced (a.) Over-bashful; sheepish.

Sheep-headed :: Sheep-headed (a.) Silly; simple-minded; stupid.

Sheep-shearer :: Sheep-shearer (n.) One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep..

Sheep-shearing :: Sheep-shearing (n.) Act of shearing sheep.

Sheep-shearing :: Sheep-shearing (n.) A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.

Sheepback :: Sheepback (n.) A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural.

Sheepberry :: Sheepberry (n.) The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry..

Sheepbite :: Sheepbite (v. i.) To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts..

Sheepbiter :: Sheepbiter (n.) One who practices petty thefts.

Sheepcot :: Sheepcot (n.) Alt. of Sheepcot.

Sheepcote :: Sheepcote (n.) A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.

Sheepfold :: Sheepfold (n.) A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.

Sheephook :: Sheephook (n.) A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook..

Sheepish :: Sheepish (a.) Of or pertaining to sheep.

Sheepish :: Sheepish (a.) Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.

Sheepmaster :: Sheepmaster (n.) A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep..

Sheeprack :: Sheeprack (n.) The starling.

Sheepshank :: Sheepshank (n.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

Sheepshead :: Sheepshead (n.) A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, / Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds..

Sheepskin :: Sheepskin (n.) The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it..

Sheepskin :: Sheepskin (n.) A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.

Sheepsplit :: Sheepsplit (n.) A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.

Sheepy :: Sheepy (a.) Resembling sheep; sheepish.

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