transitive. To clip off the inferior or defective parts of (a fleece). Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > shear sheep [verb (transitive)] > manner, technique, or part (14) beard1429 transitive. To clip off the inferior or defective parts of (a fleece). Obsolete. belt?1523 transitive. To cut soiled, dirty, or matted fleece from (a sheep), esp. from around the tail or teats. Cf. belt, n.3, dag, v.1 3, tag, v.1 6. Now E… feazea1642 (See quot. 1642.) shirl1688 transitive. To trim with shears, spec. (see quot. 1802 –19). dag1706 Farming. To cut off the ‘dags’ or locks of dirty wool from (sheep); the usual word in Australia and New Zealand (Cf. dag, n.1 3.) tag1707 transitive. To cut off tags from (sheep). clat1838 (See quot. 1838.) tomahawk1859 transitive. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. To cut or injure (a sheep) in shearing it; to shear (a sheep) roughly or incompetently. Also in… rough1878 transitive. Australian and New Zealand. To shear (a sheep) badly. Now rare. to open up1886 Physical senses. transitive and intransitive. Australian and New Zealand. Sheep-shearing. To begin shearing (a fleece or sheep); to shear wool from… pink1897 transitive. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. To shear (a sheep) closely so that the colour of the animal's skin shows through. Frequently in t… crutch1915 To cut off the wool or hair from the hind-quarters of (a sheep, dog, etc.). Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. barrow1933 (See quot. 1933.) slum1965 intransitive. (See quot. 1965.) Also transitive, to shear (a sheep, etc.) in this manner. Australian. Sheep-shearing. |
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