SHEEP-BITE
SHEE'P-BITE, verb transitive [sheep and bite.] To practice petty thefts. [Not in use.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SHEEP-BITER
SHEE'P-BITER, noun One who practices petty thefts. [Not in use.]
SHEEP-MARKET
SHEE'P-M'ARKET, nounnoun A place where sheep are sold.
SHEEP-MASTER
SHEE'P-M'ASTER, noun [sheep and master.] A feeder of sheep; one that has the care of sheep.
SHEEP-SHANK
SHEE'P-SHANK, noun [sheep and shank.] Among seamen, a knot in a rope make to shorten it, as on a runner or a tie.
SHEEP-SHEARER
SHEE'P-SHEARER, noun [sheep and shear.] One that shears or cuts off the wool from sheep.
SHEEP-SHEARING
SHEE'P-SHEARING, noun1. The act of shearing sheep.2. The time of shearing sheep; also, a feast make on that occasion.
SHEEP-STEALER
SHEE'P-STEALER, noun [sheep and steal.] One that steals sheep.
SHEEP-STEALING
SHEE'P-STEALING, noun the act of stealing sheep.
SHEEP-WALK
SHEE'P-WALK, noun [sheep and walk.] Pasture for sheep; a place where sheep feed.
SHEEPCOT
SHEE'PCOT, noun [sheep snd cot.] A small inclosure for sheep; a pen.
SHEEPFOLD
SHEE'PFOLD, noun [sheep and fold.] A place where sheep are collected or confined.
SHEEPHOOK
SHEE'PHOOK, noun [sheep and hook.] A hook fastened fastened to a pole, by which shepherds lay hold holsd on hte legs of their sheep.
SHEEPISH
SHEE'PISH, adjective1. Like a sheep; bashfus; timorous to excess; over-modest; meanly diffident.2. Pertaining to sheep.
SHEEPISHLY
SHEE'PISHLY, adverb Bashfully; with mean timidity or diffidence.
SHEEPISHNESS
SHEE'PISHNESS, noun Bashfulness; excessive modesty or diffidence; mean timorousness.
SHEEPS-EYE
SHEE'P'S-EYE, noun [sheep and eye.] A modest diffident look, such as lovers casst at their mistresses.
SHEEPS-HEAD
SHEE'P'S-HEAD, noun [sheep and head.] A fish caught on the shores of Connecticut and of Long Island, so called from the resemblance of its head to that of a sheep. It is esteeme...
SHEEPSKIN
SHEE'PSKIN, noun The skin of a sheep; or the lether prepared from it.
SHEER
SHEER, adjective1. Pure; clear; separate from anything foreign; unmingled; as sheer ale. But this application is unusual. We saysheer argument, sheer wit, sheer falsehook, etc.2...
SHEER-HULK
SHEER-HULK, noun An old ship of war, fitted with sheers of apparatus to fix or take out the masts of other ships.
SHEERLY
SHEE'RLY, adverb At once; quite; absolutely. Obs.
SHEERS
SHEERS, nounplural An engine consisting of two or more pieces of timber or poses, fastened together near the top; used for raising heavy weights, particularly for hoisting the l...
SHEET
SHEET, noun [Latin schenda; Gr. The Greek and Latin words signify a table or plate for writing on; Latin scindo, Gr.]1. A broad piece of cloth used as part of bed-furniture.2. A...
SHEET-ANCHOR
SHEET-ANCHOR, noun1. The largest anchor of a ship, which in stress of wheather is sometimes the seaman's last refuge to prevent the ship from going ashore. Hence,2. The chief su...
SHEET-COPPER
SHEET-COPPER, noun Copper in broad thin plates.
SHEET-IRON
SHEET-IRON, noun Iron in sheets or broad thin plates.