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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 353 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SHEEP .--Vary much in See also:

SIZE

size and in quality of See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool. Many of the domestic See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in central and See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

EUROPE

Europe and See also:

CANADA

Canada are used for drivers' and peasants' coat linings, &c. In See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain many coats of the See also:

home-reared sheep, having wools two and a See also:

HALF

half to five inches See also:

long, are dyed various See also:

COLOURS, MILITARY

colours and used as See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor rugs. Skins with very See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short wool are dyed See also:

black and used for military See also:

SADDLE (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

saddle-cloths. The bulk, however, is used in the wool See also:

trade. The Hungarian peasants are very fond of their natural See also:

brown sheep coats, the See also:

leather See also:

side of which is not lined, but embellished by a very See also:

close See also:

FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy See also:

EMBROIDERY (M.E. embrouderie, from O. Fr. embroder, Mod. Fr. broder)

embroidery, worked upon the leather itself; these garments are reversible, the See also:

FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur being worn inside when the See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather is See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold. See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese sheep are largely used for cheap rugs. Value of See also:

ENGLISH

English sheep from 3s. to 10s.

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