neat's-foot

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neat's-foot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Neat \Neat\ (n[=e]t), n. sing. & pl. [AS. ne['a]t; akin to OHG.
     n[=o]z, Icel. naut, Sw. n["o]t, Dan. n["o]d, and to AS.
     ne['o]tan to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have
     a share in, have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit.] (Zool.)
     Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses,
     sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's
     tongue; a neat's foot. --Chaucer.
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           Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat.
                                                    --Spenser.
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           The steer, the heifer, and the calf
           Are all called neat.                     --Shak.
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           A neat and a sheep of his own.           --Tusser.
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     Neat's-foot, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat
        cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable.
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