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Feed :: Feed (n.) That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep..

Wool :: Wool (n.) The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates..

Lowbell :: Lowbell (n.) A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.

Merino :: Merino (n.) A breed of sheep originally from Spain, noted for the fineness of its wool..

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

Teg :: Teg (n.) A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year..

Dinmont :: Dinmont (n.) A wether sheep between one and two years old.

Polled :: Polled (a.) Deprived of a poll, or of something belonging to the poll. Specifically: (a) Lopped; -- said of trees having their tops cut off. (b) Cropped; hence, bald; -- said of a person. The polled bachelor. Beau. & Fl. (c) Having cast the antlers; -- said of a stag. (d) Without horns; as, polled cattle; polled sheep..

Coenurus :: Coenurus (n.) The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid..

Mouflon :: Mouflon (n.) A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon..

Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To confine in a fold, as sheep..

Skin :: Skin (n.) The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat..

Fleece :: Fleece (n.) The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time..

Tiver :: Tiver (n.) A kind of ocher which is used in some parts of England in marking sheep.

Herd :: Herd (v. i.) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills..

Split :: Split (v. t.) To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin..

Basan :: Basan (n.) Same as Basil, a sheepskin..

Blast :: Blast (n.) A flatulent disease of sheep.

Cockal :: Cockal (n.) A game played with sheep's bones instead of dic.

Sheeprack :: Sheeprack (n.) The starling.

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