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Sheep
n. sing. & pl.
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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
n. sing. & pl.
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A weak, bashful, silly fellow.
Sheep
n. sing. & pl.
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Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
Sheepback
n.
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A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural.
Sheepberry
n.
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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
v. i.
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To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts.
Sheepbiter
n.
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One who practices petty thefts.
Sheepcot
n.
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Alt. of Sheepcote
Sheepcote
n.
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A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.
Sheep-faced
a.
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Over-bashful; sheepish.
Sheepfold
n.
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A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.
Sheep-headed
a.
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Silly; simple-minded; stupid.
Sheephook
n.
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A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook.
Sheepish
a.
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Of or pertaining to sheep.
Sheepish
a.
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Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.
Sheepmaster
n.
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A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep.
Sheeprack
n.
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The starling.
Sheep's-eye
n.
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A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural.
Sheep's-foot
n.
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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.
Sheepshank
n.
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A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.
Sheepshead
n.
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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.
Sheep-shearer
n.
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One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.
Sheep-shearing
n.
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Act of shearing sheep.
Sheep-shearing
n.
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A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.
Sheepskin
n.
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The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.
Sheepskin
n.
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A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.
Sheepsplit
n.
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A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.
Sheepy
a.
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Resembling sheep; sheepish.
Sheer
v. i.
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Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
Sheer
v. i.
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Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.