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ˈsheep-master
[Cf. G. schafmeister.]
A sheep-owner.
a1520Vox Populi 66 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 270 Withe to many shepemasters, That of erable grounde make pastures. 1611Bible 2 Kings iii. 4 Mesha king of Moab was a sheepe-master. 1651in Hartlib's Legacy (1655) 167 The great Sheep-Masters usually chuse their Sheeps-Walks, or Pastures, on high dry Lands. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesm. xxxvii. (1841) II. 91 The sheepmaster shears and sells the fleece. 1837Youatt Sheep 540 Mercurial ointment..in frequent use among sheep-masters as a cure for the scab. 1841Penny Cycl. XXI. 357/1 Since the British sheep-master has begun..to look more to the profit to be derived from the carcase. |