sequacious |
|
following with smooth regularity; (arch.)
following another person, esp. unreasoningly.
|
a^me damne'e |
|
(French) a person who is the willing tool of
another. [lit., damned soul]
|
bellwether |
|
the sheep at the head of a flock, usually
wearing a bell.
|
wether |
|
a castrated sheep.
|
lanate |
|
woolly.
|
mortling |
|
wool from a dead sheep.
|
gare |
|
low-grade wool from sheeps' legs.
|
abb |
|
low-grade wool from the edge of the fleece.
|
roo |
|
(Brit.) to pluck wool from a sheep by hand.
|
dinmont |
|
(Scot.) a castrated male sheep, from one to
two years of age, that has been shorn once.
|
teg |
|
a two-year-old sheep not yet shorn; the wool
from such a sheep.
|
moit |
|
a contaminant particle in wool (a burr, etc.);
to eliminate moits from (wool).
|
tum |
|
to tease wool in preparation for carding.
|
suint |
|
the natural grease of sheepswool.
|
fellmonger |
|
a vendor of hides, esp. sheepskins.
|
circling disease |
|
a bacterial disease affecting the nervous
system of cattle and sheep, often causing the
victim to walk in circles.
|
needfire |
|
a fire, believed to have supernatural powers
(esp. against epidemics among farm animals),
started by rubbing two pieces of wood
together; (Scot.) a signal fire; fungal
luminescence of rotting wood.
|