sheep-markn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-mark.

1. The mark used by a sheep-owner to distinguish his sheep, and apparently formerly by illiterate persons as a substitute for their signature. Also figurative.

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earmarka1500

raddle-mark?1523

sheep-markc1534

sheep-brand1586

woolmark1603

bottea1642

pitch-mark1649

smota1672

smit1828

c1534 T. Cranmer Let. in Remains (1833) I. 112 I have caused one of my secretaries to subscribe for such persons, and made them to write their shepe mark, or some other mark, as they can..scribble.

1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse ii. i A thumb-Ring with his Grandsirs Sheep-mark, or Grannams butter-print on't.

a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) ii. 22 Then brand them with a Crosse, Our Masters Sheepmarke.

1653 R. Baxter Christian Concord 98 Have you forgotten your Masters sheep-mark?

1693 O. Heywood Best Entail iv. 29 Children of Believers are Baptized,..and so have Gods sheep-mark set upon them betimes.

1875 Archæol. Cambrensis 4th Ser. VI. 94 Sheep-Marks. I. Bwlch plyg (folded notch).—This is produced by folding a certain part of the ear, and cutting off with the shears the part thus folded.

1887 Archaeologia 50 373 (note) When the commons were unenclosed, it was necessary for every one who had a right of pasture to have a sheep-mark that could be easily distinguished from those of his neighbours.

†2. A marking-tool for sheep. Obsolete.

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sheep-mark1573

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15^v, [Husbandlie furniture.] A sheepe marke, a tarre ketle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sheep-mark
释义	sheep-markn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-mark. 1. The mark used by a sheep-owner to distinguish his sheep, and apparently formerly by illiterate persons as a substitute for their signature. Also figurative. 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 c1534 T. Cranmer Let. in Remains (1833) I. 112 I have caused one of my secretaries to subscribe for such persons, and made them to write their shepe mark, or some other mark, as they can..scribble. 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse ii. i A thumb-Ring with his Grandsirs Sheep-mark, or Grannams butter-print on't. a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) ii. 22 Then brand them with a Crosse, Our Masters Sheepmarke. 1653 R. Baxter Christian Concord 98 Have you forgotten your Masters sheep-mark? 1693 O. Heywood Best Entail iv. 29 Children of Believers are Baptized,..and so have Gods sheep-mark set upon them betimes. 1875 Archæol. Cambrensis 4th Ser. VI. 94 Sheep-Marks. I. Bwlch plyg (folded notch).—This is produced by folding a certain part of the ear, and cutting off with the shears the part thus folded. 1887 Archaeologia 50 373 (note) When the commons were unenclosed, it was necessary for every one who had a right of pasture to have a sheep-mark that could be easily distinguished from those of his neighbours. †2. A marking-tool for sheep. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > marking of sheep > marking tool sheep-mark1573 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15^v, [Husbandlie furniture.] A sheepe marke, a tarre ketle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1534
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