Note: The name is also locally, in a loose way, applied to various other fishes, as the butterfish, the fresh-water drumfish, the parrot fish, the porgy, and the moonfish.
SHEEP-SHEARER
Sheep"-shear`er, n.
Defn: One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.
SHEEP-SHEARING
Sheep"-shear`ing, n.
1. Act of shearing sheep.
2. A feast at the time of sheep-shearing. Shak.
SHEEPSKIN
Sheep"skin`, n.
1. The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.
2. A diploma; — so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. [College Cant]
SHEEPSPLIT
Sheep"split`, n.