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/θiːv/ · noun
(UK, dialect) A ewe lamb of a specific age; in some areas, applied to lambs in their the first or second year (before they have had lambs themselves), in others to lambs in their third year, before their second shearing..
The ewes by them-selfe, the share-hogges and theyues by them selfe
Comprising eleven calved and in-calf cows and heifers, three barren cows, […] fifteen in-lamb ewes and theaves, […] yearling draught colt and filly, pony, yearling fummel, mare ass in-foal to a pony, two waggons, […]
A dorring drush in the caddled yew. / A seance o' theaves beneath the woak.
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Theave means (UK, dialect) A ewe lamb of a specific age; in some areas, applied to lambs in their the first or second year (before they have had lambs themselves), in others to lambs in their third year, before their second shearing..
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The ewes by them-selfe, the share-hogges and theyues by them selfe
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