单词 | to foster on |
释义 | > as lemmasto foster on d. to foster on (a lamb): to put it to a ewe, which is not its mother, to be nourished. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > foster lamb to foster on1816 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 264 Sometimes it is necessary to..compel the ewes to admit the lambs, either their own or fostered on, to suck them. Note, To foster on a lamb, they tie the ewe, and at night compel her to give suck to the lamb two or three times. < as lemmas |
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