Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In heat, as a ewe.
  • To couple with a ewe: said of a ram.
  • To be in heat, as a ewe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To be lustful; to be lascivious.
  • adjective Lascivious; also, in heat; -- said of ewes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective lascivious
  • adjective in heat; said of ewes

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  • (a.) Lascivious; also, in heat; -- said of ewes.

    (v.) To copulate with a ewe.

    November 25, 2008

  • Ew.

    June 14, 2009

  • from "That Faire Field of Enna" by Guy Davenport

    January 19, 2010