单词 | oilcake-fed |
释义 | > as lemmasˈoilcake-ˌfed ˈoilcake-ˌfed adj. Instrumental. ΚΠ 1839 H. de la Pasture Real Pearls in False Setting I. ii. 32 A lusty oilcake-fed Welsh cattle drover. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. x. 91 An oilcake-fed style of business-gentleman. 1886 R. O. Pringle Live-stock of Farm vii. 170 The compound-fed beasts produced 38 stone 6 lb. more meat, fat, &c., than the oilcake-fed lot. 1902 T. L. Miller & W. H. Sotham Hist. Hereford Cattle ix. 96/2 Certificates of Mr. Westear's brown ox, oilcake fed: Carcass weight 1,674 pounds. < as lemmas |
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