Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The retention of the afterbirth in cows.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The retention of the afterbirth in cows.
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- noun obsolete The
retention of theafterbirth incows .
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Examples
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Peter - we need to look into the origin of the cast iron, obviously the brick has taken on the colour dictated by the local geology, (where made?) the feruginous sands in the aluvial clay will give us the clue here and we can analyse the production of iron oxide in the ground, during firing and during later whethering in the atmosphere.
Rust Never Sleeps Peter Ashley 2008
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But Odysseus with his hands upraised stood for long without striking, for he was pondering whethering he should strike Irus a hard or a light blow.
Part II. Chapter XI 1918
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