SHEEP
ADJECTIVES
1597 — DAG-TAILED having the wool about the tail clotted with dirt
1658 — YEANLING young, or new-born, esp. of a lamb → arch.
1796 — CHUB-HEADED adj. of sheep or cattle: large-headed, thick-headed
1869 — GOOD-WOOLLED of a sheep: having a good fleece → Eng. dial.
1876 — PEARL-COATED having a curled fleece; said of sheep
1888 — OFF THE SHEARS of sheep: just shorn → Aust. & NZ
1895 — DAGGY of sheep: having dags of wool soiled with excrement → Aust. sl.
1904 — SCONKY very slender and bare, esp. about the head and neck; generally applied to short-woolled sheep → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RAPT of a sheep: ragged → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — BROKEN-MOUTHED of old sheep: having lost some teeth → Amer. dial.
INTERJECTIONS
1500 — TYR! a call used to drive or direct sheep → obs.
1896 — NAN! a call to sheep → Amer. dial.
1896 — NANNIE! — NANNY! a call to sheep → Amer. dial.
1905 — TIB! a call made to ewes → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — YEP a cry used in driving sheep → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — YOA a call used in driving sheep → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1948 — SHEEPIE! — SHEEPY! a call to sheep → Amer. dial.
1949 — CADE! a call to sheep → Amer. dial.
1970 — DEKI! a call to sheep; come! → Amer. dial.
1972 — GOOBIE-SHEEPIE! come!; a call used to sheep→ Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1000 — PUR-LAMB a male lamb → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1200 — SOWTH a sheep → obs.
1300 — TUP a male sheep; a ram
1335 — MUTTON a sheep. esp. one intended to be eaten
1378 — SHEARLING a sheep that has been shorn once
1406 — RIG the fleece of a sheep’s back; a pelt or hide taken from the back of an animal → obs.
1408 — YEAN a young lamb → obs.
1435 — LENTRINWARE skins of lambs that have died soon after being dropped → Sc. obs.
1440 — BALLE a sheep → obs.
1450 — CADE a pet lamb
1470 — KEB a ewe that has lost her lamb, or whose lamb is still-born → Eng. dial.
1480 — FULYIE excrement; dropping of cattle or sheep; manure
1528 — CROCK an old ewe, or one that has ceased bearing
1538 — KEBBER an old or diseased sheep which is removed from the flock → obs.
1547 — TROTTLE a small round pellet of sheep’s or goat’s dung; generally used in the plural → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
.M16 — QUAKING CHEAT a sheep → Sc.
1552 — CRONE an old ewe; a sheep whose teeth are broken off
1567 — RIGGON a ram having only one testicle, or only one testicle descended
1573 — BARTH a warm sheltered place or shelter for cattle and sheep → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1579 — LAMBKIN a little lamb; a young lamb
1579 — SHEDER a female sheep; a lamb from eight or nine months old to her first shearing → Eng. dial.
1584 — TWAGGER a lamb → Eng. dial.
1590 — RAMMING-TIME the copulation of sheep → obs.
1590 — SHEEPFOLD a flock of sheep → obs.
1591 — LAMBLING a young or little lamb
1596 — EANLING a young lamb → obs.
1613 — JACKET the natural (usually hairy) covering or ‘coat’ of various animals; the fleece of a sheep
1613 — LAMB-STONES the testicles of a lamb
1623 — DAG-LOCKS locks of wool clotted with dirt about the hinder parts of a sheep
1623 — OVIARY a flock of sheep → obs.
1637 — YEANLING a young lamb or kid → arch.
1638 — RAMKIN a young ram → obs.
1641 — KEEPING a flock of sheep → obs.
1654 — SHEEPLING a young sheep
1668 — PUR-HOG a male sheep that is one year old → Eng. dial.
1678 — CADE-LAMB a pet lamb; one weaned and brought up in the house
1684 — BUTTONS the dung or droppings of sheep or rabbits → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1684 — TEAP a ram or tup
1688 — POMACE the offal of a sheep or lamb → obs.
..18C — ROGER the nickname for a bull; occasionally, a ram
..E18 — BAA CHEAT a sheep → sl.
1715 — PURL a hard nodule of the dung of an animal, esp. a sheep → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1717 — BLEATING-CHEAT a sheep (Bk.)
1721 — LAMMERMOOR LION a sheep → Sc.
1722 — KELT a sheep’s fleece → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1725 — HASSLOCK — HAWSLOCK the wool on the neck of a sheep
1779 — QUINTER a ewe in her third year → Sc.
1784 — TEG — TIG a yearling sheep before it has been shorn → Eng. dial.
1787 — PUR a male lamb → Eng. dial.
1790 — GIBBY a child’s name for a sheep; a pet lamb → Eng. dial.
1790 — TIP a ram → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1796 — BALLARD a castrated ram → Eng. dial.
1796 — LAMB-HOG a young sheep before it is shorn → Eng. dial.
1796 — TAG-LOCKS the coarse wool of sheep about the hinder parts, matted together by wet and dirt → Eng. dial.
1796 — THAVE — THEAVE a young ewe sheep that has not yet borne a lamb → Eng. dial.
1797 — RAM-SHEEP the common sheep → obs.
1806 — COSSET a pet lamb
1812 — BUCK a male sheep → Amer. dial.
1812 — FANK a sheep-cot or pen → Sc.
1812 — WALT-SHEEP a fallen sheep → Sc.
1814 — MAILLIE a ewe, or a pet name for a cow or ewe → Sc. & Ireland
1819 — DANS yearling lambs → Eng. dial.
..19C — CLIPPIE a shorn sheep → Sc. obs.
..19C — SHIRLING a sheep newly shorn; the fleece of a lamb → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1823 — JEMMY a sheep’s head → sl.
1824 — DUNCHER a cow or sheep that is given to butting → Sc. & Ireland
1824 — JUMBUCK a sheep → Aust. sl., orig. Aust. pidgin
1824 — MAPSIE a pet sheep; a young hare → Sc.
1824 — NAPSIE a small fat animal, esp. a sheep → Sc.
1825 — GORLINS the testicles of a ram → Sc.
1825 — WOOL-BIRD a sheep, a lamb → sl.
1827 — JAMES a sheep’s head → sl.
1833 — NANNY PLUM sheep manure; a pellet of sheep dung → Amer. dial.
1836 — JEMMY a sheep’s head as a dish
1838 — KAIBREL a thin, ill-thriving sheep, frequently killed to prevents its complete loss by death → Sc. obs.
1844 — TAILS inferior sheep drafted from a flock → Sc.
.M19 — MOUNTAIN-PECKER a sheep’s head → sl.
.M19 — SANGUINARY JAMES an uncooked sheep’s head → sl.
1852 — WOOLLY a sheep → Amer. dial.
1854 — BAALING a little lamb
1854 — JIMBUGG a sheep → Aust. squatters’ sl.
1859 — BLATE the cry of a sheep → Amer. dial.
1860 — KEBBED EWE a ewe whose lamb is stillborn → Sc.
1864 — MUTTON CHOPS a sheep’s head → obs.
1869 — MEG a pet lamb → Eng. dial.
1869 — SHEPPEY a shed for sheep
1873 — SCOVIN the neck and breast of a lamb, the brisket → Eng. dial.
1876 — MONKEY a sheep → Aust. colloq.
1879 — BAGGIT a feeble, sickly sheep → Sc. obs.
1880 — CHUTE-LAMB a fat lamb → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1881 — BIDENT a two-year-old sheep
1882 — IVVY a sheep’s heart → Eng. dial.
1886 — CADDIE an orphan lamb → Sc.
1890 — THINTER — THRINTER — THRUNTER — TRINTER a sheep of three years or winters → Eng. dial.
1891 — DAG a matted lock of wool and excrement on a sheep’s behind → Aust. & Eng. dial.
1895 — DINGBAT the small lumps of excrement clinging to wool on the hindquarters of sheep → Amer. dial.
1896 — NANNIE — NANNY a sheep, esp. a female → Amer. dial.
1898 — ANYESDER a sheep in its second year → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — BARE-BACKS sheep after being shorn → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BILLY-LAMB a lamb reared by hand → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BLAY the bleating of sheep → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — CAG any old wrinkled female, as an old woman, cow, ewe, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 — THINGS cattle, sheep, livestock → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1899 — YARM the bleat of a sheep → Sc.
..20C — APRON the neck fold of a merino ram → Aust. sheepfarmers’ usage
..20C — LAMB FRIES lamb’s testicles eaten as food
..20C — SNOB the last, most recalcitrant sheep to be sheared → Aust. & NZ. sl.
1900 — HASLIG the wool on the neck of a sheep → Sc.
1900 — MANE the wool on a ewe’s neck → Sc.
1900 — DAGGLE-LOCKS clots of matted wool round a sheep’s hind quarters → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — DAGLINGS sheep’s droppings → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — OLD CRONE a sheep that has lost its teeth → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — KADES sheep dung → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — KEB an old, worn-out sheep → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — LAMB-GIMMER a young sheep or ewe lamb of a year old → Sc. (Bk.)
1902 — LARBETS the testicles of lambs (Bk.)
1904 — SCART a hermaphrodite; esp. a female hermaphrodite sheep → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — AALIE-LAMB a motherless lamb; a pet lamb → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — MAE a child’s name for a sheep; a sheep’s call → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — PALLET a skin, esp. an undressed sheep-skin; a ‘pelt’ → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — PEARLS the round dung of sheep (Bk.)
1905 — QUAIL-MUTTON the flesh of a sheep that has died from natural causes, drowning, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RANNACKS half-wild, rompish sheep → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TAT a year-old sheep → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TATTY-JACK a sheep with a ragged and tattered fleece → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TIRLINGS the excrement of sheep or rabbits → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 — CAMPEINIE a lamb → Sc.
1908 — SHIPPY a lamb → Amer. dial.
1910 — GUMMY a sheep that has lost or is losing its teeth → Aust. & NZ
1914 — BLAT the cry of a sheep → Amer. dial.
1921 — PLACER a sheep which remains in one place → Aust. & NZ sl.
1924 — BAA-BAA a sheep → Amer. dial.
1924 — LEPPIE — LEPPY an orphan calf, lamb, or foal → Amer. dial.
1929 — KATHY a ‘caddie’, a pet lamb → Sc.
1931 — BUM a motherless lamb that is raised by hand → Amer. dial.
1936 — SHEEP-DODGING working as a sheep hand → Aust. sl.
1939 — BIDDY an old ewe → Amer. dial.
1939 — BLAA the bleat of a sheep → Amer. dial.
1940 — BUMMER a motherless lamb that is raised by hand → Amer. dial.
1943 — CLEANSKIN orig. an unbranded sheep → Aust. sl.
1944 — PODDY an orphan calf or lamb → Amer. dial.
1945 — HOOFED LOCUSTS sheep → US Western usage (Bk.)
1945 — MAGGOTS sheep → US Western usage (Bk.)
1949 — SHEEP BUCK a ram → Amer. dial.
.20C — CRACKER a worn-out horse, sheep, bullock → Aust. sl.
1950 — RANNY a sheep that is kept as a pet → Amer. dial.
1952 — SKINNY an old ewe → Amer. dial.
1953 — SHEEP-DUMPLING a pellet of sheep dung → Amer. dial.
1959 — CONCERTINA a sheep that is hard to shear because of the wrinkles on its skin → Aust. sl.
1964 — POTTY an orphan calf or lamb → Amer. dial.
1967 — BAND a flock of about two thousand sheep → Amer. dial.
1967 — BORREGO a male sheep → Amer. dial.
1968 — BORRERA a sheep → Amer. West. usage
1972 — TAILAG the poorest or weakest of a brood, litter, flock, etc., esp. of sheep or pigs → Sc.
1981 — BUSH OYSTER a testicles, usually of a sheep → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1983 — SHEEP MARBLES sheep manure → Amer. dial.
1999 — AUNTIE a disoriented unlambed ewe that thinks she has lambed and steals the lamb of another ewe → NZ sl.
1999 — COBBLER the last sheep to be shorn (Bk.)
1999 — YOE a sheep, a ewe → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2000 — BLOATER a dead sheep or cow → NZ sl.
2002 — DOUBLE-YOLKER a ewe carrying twins → NZ sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
(also see SHEARER and SHEPHERD)
1513 — MUTTON DRIVER a sheep stealer → obs.
1674 — NAPPER OF NAPS a sheep stealer → sl.
1698 — MUTTON-MONGER a sheep-stealer → sl. obs.
1700 — NAP a sheep-stealer → sl. obs.
1750 — SUCKLER one who rears young calves or lambs
1849 — PASTOR a sheep-herder → Amer. dial.
1892 — TEG-MAN a shepherd → Eng. dial.
1893 — SNOOZER a sheep rancher or herder
1898 — LEATHER-NECK an unskilled farm-labourer, esp. on a sheep station → Aust. sl.
1898 — ABHIR in India: one engaged in pastoral occupations, as herding cattle and tending sheep (Bk.)
..20C — MONKEY-DODGER a sheep-station hand → Aust. sl.
1913 — CAMP RUSTLER a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep → Amer. West usage
1913 — CAMP TENDER a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep → Amer. West usage
1931 — CAMP MOVER a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep → Amer. West usage
1931 — CAMP JERKER a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep → Amer. West usage
1936 — LAMB LICKER a sheep-herder → Amer. dial., derogatory
1936 — MUTTON PUNCHER a sheepherder → NZ & Amer. dial.
1936 — SHEEP PUNCHER a cowboy’s name for a sheepherder → Amer. dial.
1936 — SCAB HERDER a cowboy’s term of abuse for a sheepherder, esp. a Mexican → US cowboy usage (Bk.)
1940 — CAMP JACK in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep → Amer. West usage
1941 — MOLESKIN SQUATTER a person engaged in sheep farming, etc., on a small scale → NZ sl.
1949 — SHEEP COCKY a sheep farmer on a small scale → Aust. & NZ colloq.
1984 — MUTTON CONDUCTOR a sheepherder → Amer. dial.
1988 — SHEEPO — SHEEP-OH a shepherd’; a musterer of sheep into pens → NZ sl.
VERBS
1000 — EAN of ewes: to bring forth lambs → obs.
1387 — YEAN of a ewe: to bring forth a lamb; also said of goats and occasionally other beasts → arch. & Eng. dial.
1600 — FANK to put sheep in a ‘fank’ or pen → Sc.
1663 — SWIG to castrate a ram by tying the scrotum tightly with a string
1688 — RAM to leap the ewe → obs.
1728 — MAE of a lamb: to utter its peculiar cry → Eng. dial.
1738 — OWL to smuggle wool or sheep out of England → obs.
1816 — KEB of ewes: to bring forth a still-born lamb → Sc.
1825 — BELSH to clean the tails of sheep by cutting away dirty or matted wool → Eng. dial.
1838 — YARM of a sheep: to bleat → Sc.
1844 — TAIL to follow, drive or tend sheep or cattle → Aust.
1859 — BLATE to make the cry of a sheep → Amer. dial.
1859 — DUFF to steal cattle, sheep, etc., often altering their brands → Aust. sl.
1897 — DAGGLE to cut off matted clots of wool from the hinder parts of a sheep → Eng. dial.
1898 — BLAY to bleat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — DAG to cut off the clots of wool, dirt, etc., from the hinds part of sheep → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — REFUGE to separate the worthless or inferior portion of anything from the rest; esp. to draft out the inferior sheep from a flock → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MEWTLE of cows and ewes: to make a low, crooning sound over their new-dropped young → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — BLAT to bleat like a sheep → Amer. dial.
1930 — SHEAR to own or keep sheep → Aust. & NZ
1938 — BUM A LAMB to take it away from its mother and raise it by hand → Amer. dial.
1939 — BLARE of cows, and sometimes sheep: to low or bleat → Amer. dial.
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