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Fold :: Fold (v. i.) To confine sheep in a fold.

Trail :: Trail (n.) The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep..

Sheepcot :: Sheepcot (n.) Alt. of Sheepcot.

Tallow :: Tallow (v. t.) To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep..

Sheepskin :: Sheepskin (n.) A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.

Treddle :: Treddle (n.) The dung of sheep or hares.

Braxy :: Braxy (n.) A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities.

Cheviot :: Cheviot (n.) A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills..

Ram :: Ram (n.) The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

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

Core :: Core (n.) A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.

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..

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

Raddle :: Raddle (n.) A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle..

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..

Walk :: Walk (n.) That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk..

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

Horn :: Horn (n.) The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn..

Neat :: Neat (n. sing. & pl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot..

Sheepshank :: Sheepshank (n.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

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