| 单词 | raddle-mark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasraddle-mark General attributive, as raddle-ground, raddle-mark, raddle-stick, etc.; raddle-necked, raddle-red adjs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > marking of sheep > mark earmarka1500 raddle-mark?1523 sheep-markc1534 sheep-brand1586 woolmark1603 bottea1642 pitch-mark1649 smota1672 smit1828 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxiiii Se that they [sc. the sheep] be well marked, both eare marke, pyche marke, and radell marke. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 18 A raddell and a stony ground, is discerned by the eye. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry Short Table, sig. A7v Red-Oaker is a hard red stone which we call Raddle Orell, marking-stone. 1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 141 With Raddle-crimson then fit for his trade, he cloathd his face. 1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. iv. 80 Iron Ores there are of four sorts, as the Raddle-Ore, Clay-Ore, Blue Ore, and the Button-Ore. a1804 J. Mather Songs (1862) xxxiii. 46 (title of song) Raddle-neck'd Tups. 1897 Contemp. Rev. June 765 The then new and raddle-red penny postage stamps. 1959 J. B. Keane Sive 75 I'll put streaks in you worse than a raddle stick. 1977 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 27/1 The lightness or heaviness of the raddle mark of the ewe is no indication of the type of response she will give when penned with the rams. 1996 Guardian 27 Sept. i. 18/7 He's a bit small compared with previous users of the raddle harness. < as lemmas |
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