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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 ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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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Faced
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Face>>.
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faced
Turned up with facings on the cuffs and collars of uniforms and regimentals.
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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:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sheep-run
n.
See run.
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sheep-sick
n.
Used of pastures exhausted forcarrying sheep. Compare English screw-sick, paint-sick,nail-sick, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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Apple-faced
·adj Having a round, broad face, like an <<Apple>>.
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Bald-faced
·adj Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.
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Bell-faced
·adj Having the striking surface convex;
— said of hammers.
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Black-faced
·adj Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
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Bold-faced
·adj Having a conspicuous or heavy face.
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Chub-faced
·adj Having a plump, short face.
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Copper-faced
·adj Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
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Cream-faced
·adj White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.
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Dog-faced
·adj Having a face resembling that of a dog.
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Double-faced
·adj Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.
II. Double-faced ·adj Having two faces designed for use;...
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Dough-faced
·adj Easily molded; pliable.
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False-faced
·adj <<Hypocritical>>.
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Fiber-faced
·adj ·Alt. of Fibre-faced.
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Fibre-faced
·adj Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of;
— applied ·esp. to a kind of paper for chec...
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Glass-faced
·adj Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.
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Half-faced
·adj Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
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Janus-faced
·adj Double-faced; deceitful.
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Lean-faced
·adj Having a thin face.
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— said of type the letters of whic...
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Moon-faced
·adj Having a round, full face.
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Mulberry-faced
·adj Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.
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Pitch-faced
·adj Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true...
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Platter-faced
·adj Having a broad, flat face.
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Pug-faced
·adj Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.
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Putty-faced
·adj White-faced;
— used contemptuously.
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Quarry-faced
·adj Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point;
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Smock-faced
·adj Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish.
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Tallow-faced
·adj Having a sickly complexion; pale.
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Weasel-faced
·adj Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.
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Whey-faced
·adj Having a pale or white face, as from fright.
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Wizen-faced
·adj Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.
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bacon-faced
Full-faced.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bracket-faced
Ugly, hard-featured.
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bran-faced
Freckled. He was christened by a baker, he carries the bran in his face.
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brandy-faced
Red-faced, as if from drinking brandy.
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brazen-faced
Bold-faced, shameless, impudent.
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chitty-faced
Baby-faced; said of one who has a childish look.
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corny-faced
A very red pimpled face.
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cribbage-faced
Marked with the small pox, the pits bearing a kind of resemblance to the holes in a cribbage-board.
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platter-faced
Broad-faced.
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ruby faced
Red-faced.
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smock-faced
Fair faced.
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stub-faced
Pitted with the smallpox: the devil ran over his face with horse stabs (horse nails) in his shoes.
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weasel-faced
Thin, meagre-faced. Weasel-gutted; thin-bodied; a weasel is a thin long slender animal with a sharp ...
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mezzil-faced
red with pimples. Lane.
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liver-faced
Mean and cowardly, independent of complexion.
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pig-faced lady
n.
an old name in Tasmania forthe Boar-fish (q.v.).
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tormenter of sheep skin
A drummer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose