shepherd : Idioms & Phrases

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belgian shepherd

  • noun hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep
    Belgian sheepdog.
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german shepherd

  • noun breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind
    German shepherd; German police dog; alsatian.
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german shepherd dog

  • noun breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind
    German shepherd; German police dog; alsatian.
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good shepherd

  • noun a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
    Christ; the Nazarene; Jesus of Nazareth; Jesus; Saviour; Redeemer; Savior; Deliverer; Jesus Christ.
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Shepherd bird

  • (Zoöl.), the crested screamer. See Screamer.
Webster 1913

Shepherd dog

  • noun any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep
    sheepdog; sheep dog.
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  • (Zoöl.), a breed of dogs used largely for the herding and care of sheep. There are several kinds, as the collie, or Scotch shepherd dog, and the English shepherd dog. Called also shepherd's dog.
  • a name of Pan. Keats.
Webster 1913

Shepherd kings

  • the chiefs of a nomadic people who invaded Egypt from the East in the traditional period, and conquered it, at least in part. They were expelled after about five hundred years, and attempts have been made to connect their expulsion with narrative in the book of Exodus.
Webster 1913

shepherd's clock

  • noun weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
    goatsbeard; meadow salsify; Tragopogon pratensis.
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Shepherd's club

  • (Bot.), the common mullein. See Mullein.
Webster 1913

Shepherd's crook

  • noun a long staff with one end being hook shaped
    crook.
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  • a long staff having the end curved so as to form a large hook, used by shepherds.
Webster 1913

Shepherd's needle

  • (Bot.), the lady's comb.
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shepherd's pie

  • noun pie of hash covered with mashed potatoes and browned in the oven
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shepherd's pipe

  • noun a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
    musette.
  • noun a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes
    treble recorder; flageolet.
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Shepherd's plaid

  • a kind of woolen cloth of a checkered black and white pattern.
Webster 1913

shepherd's pouch

  • noun white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed
    shepherd's pouch; Capsella bursa-pastoris.
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Shepherd's pouch, ∨ Shepherd's purse

  • (Bot.), an annual cruciferous plant (Capsella Bursapastoris) bearing small white flowers and pouchlike pods. See Illust. of Silicle.
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shepherd's purse

  • noun white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed
    shepherd's pouch; Capsella bursa-pastoris.
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Shepherd's rod, ∨ Shepherd's staff

  • (Bot.), the small teasel.
Webster 1913

Shephered spider

  • (Zoöl.), a daddy longlegs, or harvestman.
Webster 1913