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s being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd. Rocky mountain sheep.(Zoöl.) See Bighorn. -- Maned sheep. (Zoöl.) See Aoudad. -- Sheep bot (Zoöl.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See Estrus. -- Sheep dog (Zoöl.), a shepherd dog, or collie. -- Sheep laurel (Bot.), a small North American sh…

I saw her just now give him the languishing eye, as they call it; . . . of old called the sheep's-eye. Wycherley.

A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.

Over-bashful; sheepish.

Silly; simple-minded; stupid. Taylor (1630)

One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.

Act of shearing sheep.

A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnée; -- usually in the plural.

The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry.

To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts. [Obs.] Shak.

One who practices petty thefts. [Obs.] Shak. There are political sheepbiters as well as pastoral; betrayers of public trusts as well as of private. L'Estrange.

A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.

A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.

A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook. Dryden.

Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.]

A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. 2 Kings iii. 4.

The starling.

A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, or Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.

The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.