Definition of cattle

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Cattle (n. pl.) Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine..

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Herdsman :: Herdsman (n.) The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.
Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room..
Vaquero :: Vaquero (n.) One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman..
Pinfold :: Pinfold (n.) A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.
Manger :: Manger (n.) A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.
Bawn :: Bawn (n.) An inclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified inclosure..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
Browse :: Browse (v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer..
Agistment :: Agistment (n.) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests..
Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore..
Neatherd :: Neatherd (n.) A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd.
Maverick :: Maverick (n.) In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected to brand his cattle..
Casings :: Casings (n. pl.) Dried dung of cattle used as fuel.
Zebub :: Zebub (n.) A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle..
Chaff :: Chaff (n.) Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
Crib :: Crib (n.) A stall for oxen or other cattle.
Warp :: Warp (v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
Barth :: Barth (n.) A place of shelter for cattle.
Pinner :: Pinner (n.) One who pins or impounds cattle. See Pin, v. t..
Topsman :: Topsman (n.) The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle.
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