HERD
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Herd (h&etilde_;rd), a. Haired. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Herd (h&etilde_;rd), n. [OE. herd, heord, AS. heord; akin to OHG. herta, G. herde, Icel. hj&ö;rð, Sw. hjord, Dan. hiord, Goth. haírda; cf. Skr. çardha troop, host.]
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1. 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.
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The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
Gray.
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&hand_; 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.
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2. A crowd of low people; a rabble.
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But far more numerous was the herd of such
Who think too little and who talk too much.
Dryden.
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You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question.
Coleridge.
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Herd's grass (Bot.), one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under Grass.
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Herd, n. [OE. hirde, herde, heorde, AS. hirde, hyrde, heorde; akin to G. hirt, hirte, OHG. hirti, Icel. hir&unr_;ir, Sw. herde, Dan. hyrde, Goth. haírdeis. See 2d Herd.] One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like. Chaucer.
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Herd, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herded; p. pr. & vb. n. Herding.] [See 2d Herd.] 1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
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2. To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.
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I'll herd among his friends, and seem
One of the number.
Addison.
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3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [Scot.]
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Herd, v. t. To form or put into a herd.
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