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A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elæagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.

Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral. Sir T. Sidney.

Pastoral life or occupation.

A little shepherd.

Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

A seamstress. [Obs.] Caxton.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; -- applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein.

Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins.

A brewery. [R.]

Alike; similarly. [Obs.] Both clad in shepherds' weeds agreeably. Spenser.

larity and instability of purpose, which makes them choose the wandering avocations of a shepherd, rather than the more fixed pursuits of agriculture. Buckle.

uperintendent, 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 called indifferently "bish…

Crying as a sheep does. Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks from the seaside. Longfellow.

A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth. [Scot.]

Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic. The Heptarchus is a cabalistic of the first chapter of Genesis. Hallam.

asgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Hephæstus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals. [Written also Cabeiri.] Liddell & Scott.

To praise or celebrate in song. The Shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness. Milton.

To cut. [Obs.] Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. Spenser.

pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire. -- Hepatic cinnabar (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster.