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单词 in-calf
释义 in-calf, a.|ɪnˈkɑːf|
Also 6 encalf.
[attrib. use of phrase in calf: see in prep. 10 b.]
Of a cow: That is in calf; pregnant. So inˈcalving a.; inˈcalver, a cow in calf.
1556Richmond. Wills (1853) 90 To everye of the sonnes of Evan Haddocke..one encalf qwye.1613Sir R. Boyle Diary in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 29, I delivered him 30 incalf cows and vj oxen.1856Farmer's Mag. Nov. 372 It is their common practice to purchase incalving cows.1886Leeds Merc. 22 Feb. 6/4 Not so many milch cows and incalvers.1890Stratford-on-Avon Herald 19 Dec. 6/2 Keeping in-calf cows on the pastures in the bleak days and chilly nights of October and November.
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