| 单词 |
paterish |
| 释义 |
paterish, a. local.|ˈpeɪtərɪʃ| [Origin obscure; the word appears in some districts as patherish or potherish.] Of a sheep: Affected with water on the brain, causing giddiness and stupidity.
1794Young Ann. Agric. XXII. 225 The disorders that attack [ewes] are the red-water, and being paterish, which last disease is never cured. 1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. (1807) II. 706 Sheep in this situation among South Down sheep-farmers are said to be paterish. 1808A. Young jr. Agric. Surv. Sussex 335 A paterish sheep appears to be deprived entirely of its senses, and is continually turning round instead of going forward. |

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