Herd

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To form or put into a herd.

II. Herd ·adj Haired.

III. Herd ·noun A crowd of low people; a rabble.

IV. Herd ·vi To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.

V. Herd ·vi To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

VI. Herd ·vi To Associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.

VII. Herd ·noun One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman;

— much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.

VIII. Herd ·noun A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.

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