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A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.

Resembling sheep; sheepish. Testament of Love.

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.

The olecranon, or the elbow. Ancon sheep (Zoöl.), a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; -- called also the otter breed.

An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.…

An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.

A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.

zure by power, physical or moral. The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., . . . were sad arrests to his troubled spirit. Jer. Taylor.

iddle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; - - opposed to Perissodactyla.

ther in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25.

To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep. He treble baas for help, but none can get. Sir P. Sidney.

The bleating of a sheep. Marryat.

A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.

Same as Basil, a sheepskin.

The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]

A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.

To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis or Caprovis montana).

A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is cal…