Definition of sheep

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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..

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Gourdworm :: Gourdworm (n.) The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.
Browse :: Browse (v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer..
Sheepbiter :: Sheepbiter (n.) One who practices petty thefts.
Turn-sick :: Turn-sick (n.) A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.
Water Brain :: Water brain () A disease of sheep; gid.
Braxy :: Braxy (n.) A diseased sheep, or its mutton..
Trip :: Trip (n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc..
Yellows :: Yellows (n.) A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice..
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..
Pew :: Pew (n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold..
Bellwether :: Bellwether (n.) A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck..
Drove :: Drove (n.) A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body..
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..
Pollard :: Pollard (n.) A hornless animal (cow or sheep).
Hoggerel :: Hoggerel (n.) A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.
Fold :: Fold (v. i.) To confine sheep in a fold.
Nannyberry :: Nannyberry (n.) See Sheepberry.
Merino :: Merino (a.) Of or pertaining to a variety of sheep with very fine wool, originally bred in Spain..
Oorial :: Oorial (n.) A wild, bearded sheep inhabiting the Ladakh mountains. It is reddish brown, with a dark beard from the chin to the chest..
Sturgeon :: Sturdy (n.) A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor..
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