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noun
The skin of a sheep after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
A sheep of the first year's shearing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
A person who is shorn; a shaveling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
A priest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, broadly, derogatory, dialectal, obsolete
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History
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