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Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- said of land

To impound, as cattle. [Obs. or Scot.] Flavel.

The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder. [Obs. or Scot.] T. Adams.

Beau. & Fl. (c) Having cast the antlers; -- said of a stag. (d) Without horns; as, polled cattle; polled sheep.

Pairing with more than one female. Most deer, cattle, and sheep are polygamous. Darwin.

An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold. Shak.

Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.

(P. pabularia), found in Thibet, Cashmere, Afghanistan, etc., has been used as fodder for cattle. It has decompound leaves with very long narrow divisions, and a highly fragrant smell resembling that of new clover hay.

be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle. "He raised sheep." "He raised wheat where none grew before." Johnson's Dict.

(Trophis Americana) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for cattle.

A tract of land used for grazing and rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2. [Western U. S.]

A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation. [Mexico & California] Bartlett.

may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.

rove about, for considerable distances; apt or suited for much roving, --chiefly used of cattle.

dy Cæsar Has ravaged more than half the globe. Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. Macaulay.

To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.

of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.

of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called also English grass, and in some localities herd's grass. See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is Triodia seslerioides.

A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain.

Ring-streaked. Cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. Gen. xxx. 39.