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101cut — [c]/kʌt / (say kut) verb (cut, cutting) –verb (t) 1. to penetrate, with or as with a sharp edged instrument: he cut his finger. 2. to strike sharply, as with a whip. 3. to wound severely the feelings of. 4. to divide, with or as with a sharp… …
102raddle — /ˈrædl/ (say radl) noun 1. a red variety of ochre, used especially to mark sheep for identification. 2. a coloured mark, as one made with raddle, placed upon sheep for identification or to indicate a badly shorn sheep. –verb (t) (raddled,… …
103καρτόν — καρτός shorn smooth masc acc sg καρτός shorn smooth neut nom/voc/acc sg …
104Merrie England — The phrase is used to describe a particular arcadian attitude to the past, prevalent in Victorian and Edwardian times but with roots stretching back to the turn of the 19th century and with continuing power to the present day. As such it is an …
105shear — see God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb many go out for wool and come home shorn …
106shear — ► VERB (past part. shorn or sheared) 1) cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal). 2) cut off with scissors or shears. 3) (be shorn of) be deprived or stripped of. 4) break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain. ► …
107shearer — shear ► VERB (past part. shorn or sheared) 1) cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal). 2) cut off with scissors or shears. 3) (be shorn of) be deprived or stripped of. 4) break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain. ► …
108sheared — adjective 1. having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers picked up the baby s shorn curls from the floor naked as a sheared sheep • Syn: ↑shorn • Ant: ↑unsheared 2. (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished… …
109lamb's wool — noun 1. a. : the soft elastic wool shorn from lambs seven or eight months old b. : the superior woolen woven from lamb s wool 2. : a sugared and spiced hot ale beverage containing the pulp of roasted apples * * * 1. a soft, virgin wool possessing …
110wool clip — noun : the annual crop of wool the Australian wool clip * * * the total yield of wool shorn during one season from the sheep of a particular region. [1890 95] * * * wool clip noun A crop of wool from a particular flock of sheep, esp that gathered …
