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Herd

Herd (herd)
a.(?)
Herd
  1. Haired.
    [Obs.] Chaucer.

Herd

Herd (herd)
n.(?)
Herd
[OE. herd, heord, AS. heord; akin to OHG. herta,G. herde, Icel. hjör(?), Sw. hjord, Dan. hiord, Goth. haírda; cf. Skr. çardha troop, host.
  1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.

    The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.

    * Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when driven to market, is called a drove.

  2. A crowd of low people; a rabble.

    But far more numerous was the herd of such
    Who think too little and who talk too much.
    Dryden.

    You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question. Coleridge.

    Herd's grass (Bot.), one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under Grass.


Herd

Herd (herd)
n.
Herd
  1. One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.
    Chaucer.

Herd

Herd (herd)
v. i.
Herd
  1. To unite or associate in a herd] to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
  2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.

    I'll herd among his friends, and seem
    One of the number.
    Addison.

  3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
    [Scot.]

Herd

Herd (herd)
v. t.
Herd
  1. To form or put into a herd.













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