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Sheep
·noun ·sg & ·pl A weak, bashful, silly fellow. II. Sheep ·noun ·sg & ·pl Fig.: The people of God, a...

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Sheep
Are of different varieties. Probably the flocks of Abraham and Isaac were of the wild species found ...

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Sheep
Sheep were an important part of the possessions of the ancient Hebrews and of eastern nations genera...

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Sick
·noun <<Sickness>>. II. Sick ·superl Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned. III. Sick ·vi To fal...

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sick
a small stream, or rill. N. ...

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Sheep-faced
·adj Over-bashful; sheepish. ...

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Sheep-headed
·adj Silly; simple-minded; stupid. ...

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Sheep-shearer
·noun One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep. ...

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Sheep-shearing
·noun Act of shearing sheep. II. Sheep-shearing ·noun A feast at the time of sheep-shearing. ...

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Sheep-fold
A strong fenced enclosure for the protection of the sheep gathered within it (Num. 32:24; 1 Chr. 17:...

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Sheep-gate
One of the gates of Jerusalem mentioned by Nehemiah (3:1, 32; 12:39). It was in the eastern wall of ...

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Sheep-market
Occurs only in John 5:2 (marg., also R.V., "sheep-gate"). The word so rendered is an adjective, and ...

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sheep-pest
n. a common Australian weed, Acama ovina, Cunn., N.O. Rosaceae, found in allthe colonies; so called...

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sheep-run
n. See run. ...

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sheep-wash
(used as verb) to wash sheep. The word isalso used as a noun, in its ordinary English senses of (1)...

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dodded sheep
sheep without horns. N. ...

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neptune's sheep
Waves breaking into foam, called white horses. ...

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Fancy-sick
·adj Love-sick. ...

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Guilt-sick
·adj Made sick by consciousness of guilt. ...

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Iron-sick
·adj Having the ironwork loose or corroded; — said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten ...

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Love-sick
·adj Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love. II. Love-sick ·adj Languishing with love o...

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Sick-brained
·adj Disordered in the brain. ...

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Turn-sick
·adj <<Giddy>>. II. Turn-sick ·noun A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy....

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dog sick
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach. He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...

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car-sick
the kennel, from CAR and SIKE, a furrow or gutter ; q. the Cart-gutter. Yorks. ...

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iron-sick
The condition of vessels when the iron work becomes loose in the timbers from corrosion by gallic ac...

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sick-bay
A portion of the fore-part of the main-deck, reserved for the accommodation of the sick and wounded;...

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sick-book
An account of such officers and men as are on the sick list on board, or are sent to an hospital, ho...

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sick-flag
The yellow quarantine flag, hoisted to prevent communication; whence the term of the yellow flag, an...

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sick-mess
A table for those on the doctor's list. When seamen are thus placed, their provisions are turned ove...

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sick-ticket
A document given to an officer, seaman, or marine, when sent to an hospital, certified by the signin...

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sick-berth attendant
See loblolly-boy. ...

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tormenter of sheep skin
A drummer. ...

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sick as a horse
Horses are said to be extremely sick at their stomachs, from being unable to relieve themselves by v...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
sick as a dog
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach. He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
sick as a horse
'I'm as sick as a horse,' is a vulgar phrase which is used when a person is exceedingly sick. As a h...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.