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▪ I. Kerry1|ˈkɛrɪ|
[See def. 1.]
1. attrib. as adj. Belonging or native to Kerry, a county in the S.W. of Ireland. Kerry security, Kerry witness (see quots.).
1785Grose Dict. Vulg. T., Kerry Security, bond, pledge, oath and keep the money. 1828T. C. Croker Fairy Leg. ii. 18 A Kerry witness..signifies a witness who will swear to anything. 1885A. Brassey The Trades 99 Queer little Hindoo cattle, something like Brittany or Kerry cows.
2. absol. as n. A cow of a breed belonging to Kerry, noted for the quality of the milk. Also, Kerry cow.
1829G. Griffin Collegians (ed. 2) I. xi. 233 Her little cow was a kind Kerry, and had the best of grazing. 1880Daily News 21 Dec. 5/5 The little Kerries are greatly prized as ‘milkers’. 1888Blackw. Mag. Dec. 812 The skin of a little Kerry sufficed to make two pairs. 1907Macm. Mag. May 514 We saw a cattle-boat bringing Kerries to Scariff. 1929E. Bowen Last September iii. xxiii. 294 Look at those little teeny black cows. Those are Kerry cows. 1975Irish Times 9 May 4/6 Kerries, Ayrshires, Herefords, Charolais, and the Jerseys, the nicest of all.
3. Comb. Kerry blue terrier, a breed of Irish terrier, of medium size, with a long, silky, blue coat, found in Kerry and neighbouring counties and introduced elsewhere during the nineteen-twenties; also Kerry, Kerry blue.
1922D. Matheson Terriers 145 The Kerry (Blue) Terrier. Since the close of the Great War we have had this variety of Irish Terrier introduced to us under its present title. 1930E. C. Ash Pract. Dog Bk. 150 The history of the Kerry Blue is not easy to obtain. 1955N. Fitzgerald House is Falling x. 169 She had firmly attached herself to the big Kerry Blue. 1971F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 455 Kerry pups are born black. The blue color comes later, showing at any time after six or seven months. 1973Country Life 15 Feb. 384/3 The terriers replaced the gundogs..the eventual winner the Kerry Blue terrier.
▪ II. Kerry2|ˈkɛrɪ|
The name of a town and neighbouring range of hills in the county of Powys, on the Welsh borders, used attrib. in Kerry Hill sheep to designate a breed of sheep developed there, distinguished by a thick fleece and black markings near the muzzle and feet. Also absol.
1908Daily Chron. 1 May 4/6 Many people are under the impression that the famous Kerry Hill sheep come from Ireland. As a matter of fact, they come from Kerry in Montgomeryshire. 1937F. B. Young Portrait of Village v. 102 By the time he had finished stocking it with Wessex Saddleback pigs, Kerry Hill sheep, short-horn cows, runner ducks and Rhode Island Red poultry,..he had made another big hole in his dwindling capital. 1945J. F. H. Thomas et al. Sheep ii. 33 The Kerry Hill (Wales)..is a polled breed of medium size which carries a dense fleece. 1960[see Devon]. 1971Farmers Weekly 19 Mar. 83/1 For many years we kept Kerrys at Downton, now we have commercial Cluns—with some Welsh blood. |