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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Pignoration :: Pignoration (n.) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made..
Agistment :: Agistment (n.) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests..
Hoove :: Hoove (n.) A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating..
Bestial :: Bestial (n.) A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial..
Pinner :: Pinner (n.) One who pins or impounds cattle. See Pin, v. t..
Poinder :: Poinder (n.) The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
Intercommon :: Intercommon (v. t.) To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc..
Hayward :: Hayward (n.) An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large..
Dishorn :: Dishorn (v. t.) To deprive of horns; as, to dishorn cattle..
Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..
Hecatomb :: Hecatomb (n.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims..
Herdbook :: Herdbook (n.) A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register..
Thrive :: Thrive (v. i.) To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil..
Veterinarian :: Veterinarian (n.) One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep..
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..
Finchbacked :: Finchbacked (a.) Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle.
Agistment :: Agistment (n.) The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate.
Recruit :: Recruit (v. i.) To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures..
Eatage :: Eatage (n.) Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath..
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