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Furness Dialect Dictionary
Beeas'beasts' - cattle |
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Furness Dialect Dictionary
Beeas
'beasts' - cattle
- beeast - beast
- beeas - cattle
- kî - plural of cow
- côfe - a calf
- côves - calves
- quey or whî - a female calf
- stot - a young ox
- strûk - a stirk; a yearling beast
- côve (vr) - to calve
- côv't - calved
- neeakelt (cow) - new calved cow
- pick her côfe - to calve prematurely
- putty cow - a butting cow
- geld cow - barren; giving no milk
- strûp - milked for a second time; giving little milk