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lambing

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Lamb, Charles Known as "Elia." 1775-1834.
British critic and essayist. With his sister Mary Ann Lamb (1764-1847) he wrote the children's book Tales from Shakespeare (1807).

Lamb, William. Second Viscount Melbourne. 1779-1848.
British prime minister (1834 and 1835-1841) and adviser to Queen Victoria.

lamb  (lm)
n.
1.
a. A young sheep, especially one that is not yet weaned.
b. The flesh of a young sheep used as meat.
c. Lambskin.
2. A sweet, mild-mannered person; a dear.
3. One who can be duped or cheated especially in financial matters.
4. Lamb Christianity Jesus.
intr.v. lambed, lamb·ing, lambs
To give birth to a young sheep.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

lambing [ˈlæmɪŋ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)
a.  the birth of lambs
b.  (as modifier) lambing time
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the shepherd's work of tending the ewes and newborn lambs at this time
Translations
lambing [ˈlæmɪŋ] Nparición f de las ovejas, época f del parto de las ovejas
lambing time; the lambing seasonla parición de las ovejas, la época del parto de las ovejas
lambing [ˈlæmɪŋ] nagnelage m
lambing [ˈlæmɪŋ] nagnellatura
lambing [ˈlæmɪŋ] nagnellatura


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Hetty would have been glad to hear that she should never see a child again; they were worse than the nasty little lambs that the shepherd was always bringing in to be taken special care of in lambing time; for the lambs WERE got rid of sooner or later.
 
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