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noun

Herd n.

A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle. "The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea." Note: Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when driven to market, is called a drove.

A crowd of low people; a rabble. "But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much." "You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question."

Herd's grass (Bot.), one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under Grass.

Herd n. One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.

verb

Herd v. t. To form or put into a herd.

Herd v. i. (past & past part. herded; pres. part. herding)

To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company. "I'll herd among his friends, and seem One of the number."

To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. (Scot.)

adjective

Herd adj. Haired. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Herd" Quotes from Famous Books

... p. 34.) mentions Gisburne Park as chiefly remarkable for a herd of wild cattle, descendants of that indigenous race which once roamed in the great forests of Lancashire, and they are said by some other writer to have been originally brought to Gisburne from Whalley ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 • Various

... living and hunting in the vicinity of Fort Rae on Great Slave Lake. The Dog-rib and his family of five had been hunting Barren Ground Caribou, and after killing, skinning, and cutting up a number of deer, had built a stage upon which they placed the venison. Moving on and encountering another herd of caribou, they killed again, and cutting up the game, stored it this time in a log cache. Again setting out on the hunt—for they were laying in their supply of deer meat for the winter—they again met with success; but as it was in a district devoid of trees, they simply ...

— The Drama of the Forests - Romance and Adventure • Arthur Heming

... hazarded on contingences that are as baseless as the fabric of a dream. The day of settlement comes and nobody is able to settle. The borrower is powerless to meet his note in the bank; the banker is powerless to pay his depositors, and confidence is stampeded like a herd of cattle. The timid and suspicious old farmer catches the wild note of alarm, and deserting his plow and sleepy steers in the field, he mounts his mule, and urging him on with pounding heels, rushes ...

— Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales • Robert L. Taylor

... for your benefit—he hadn't a word to say to me on the subject, but that he would call and consult with me to-morrow. I found it in vain to question him, and I suspect it is a hoax. But what a rural monster you have sent me! "Cujum pecus?—an Melibei?" He cannot possibly herd with Eusebius; he had no modest bearing about him. I had just opened your letter, and found you called him a friend of yours, who had many observations to make about poetry—so, as we were just going to tea, he was invited. ...

— Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 • Various

... demonstrates the derivation of certain early so-called "Aryan" beliefs from Chaldea. In the Iranian account of the creation "the great spring Ardvi Sura Anahita is the life-increasing, the herd-increasing, the fold-increasing who makes prosperity for all countries (Yt. 5, 1) ... that precious spring is worshipped as a goddess ... and is personified as a handsome and stately woman. She is a fair maid, most strong, tall ...

— The Evolution of the Dragon • G. Elliot Smith

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