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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A young sheep, especially one that is not yet weaned.
  2. n. The flesh of a young sheep used as meat.
  3. n. Lambskin.
  4. n. A sweet, mild-mannered person; a dear.
  5. n. One who can be duped or cheated especially in financial matters.
  6. n. Christianity Jesus.
  7. v. To give birth to a young sheep.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A young animal of the sheep kind; a young sheep.
  2. n. A person gentle or innocent as a lamb.
  3. n. Hence One easily beguiled or fleeced; an inexperienced speculator who is deceived into making losing investments.
  4. n. Ironically, a ruffian or bully: as, Kirke's lambs (a troop of British soldiers noted for their atrocities in suppressing Monmouth's rebellion in 1685)
  5. To bring forth young, as sheep.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A young sheep, of up to one year of age.
  2. n. The flesh of a lamb used as food.
  3. n. A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
  4. v. Of a sheep, to give birth.
  5. v. To assist (sheep) to give birth.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The young of the sheep.
  2. n. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
  3. n. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
  4. v. To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
  2. v. give birth to a lamb
  3. n. young sheep
  4. n. English essayist (1775-1834)
  5. n. a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
  6. n. the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food

Etymologies

  1. Middle English, from Old English.

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  • bilby
    Little lamb,
    Here I am;
    Come and lick
    My white neck;
    Let me pull
    Your soft wool;
    Let me kiss
    Your soft face:
    Merrily, merrily, we welcome in the year.

    - William Blake, 'Spring'. Nov 3, 2008

‘lamb’ has been looked up 2643 times, loved by 2 people, added to 37 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 8.