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Tag :: Tag (n.) A sheep of the first year.

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.

Clip :: Clip (n.) The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

Shears :: Shears (n.) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins..

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep..

Ovine :: Ovine (a.) Of or pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep.

Dod :: Dod (v. t.) To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off..

Suigothus :: Suint (n.) A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas..

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

Sturgeon :: Sturdy (n.) A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor..

Anthrax :: Anthrax (n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever..

Lamb :: Lamb (n.) The young of the sheep.

Daglock :: Daglock (n.) A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.

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

Scab :: Scab (n.) The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep..

Pupipara :: Pupipara (n. pl.) A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera..

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

Trip :: Trip (n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc..

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..

Merino :: Merino (a.) Of or pertaining to a variety of sheep with very fine wool, originally bred in Spain..

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