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Definition of Ayrshire

1. Noun. Hardy breed of dairy cattle from Ayr, Scotland.

Definition of Ayrshire

1. n. One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.

Definition of Ayrshire

1. Proper noun. A traditional county in Scotland. ¹

2. Noun. One of a breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland, notable for the quantity and quality of their milk. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Ayrshire

1. One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ayrshire

Literary usage of Ayrshire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of British Topography: A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical by John Parker Anderson (1881)
"4° Families in Ayrshire, more particularly in Cunninghame. [With an appendix.] A Genealogical Accoun t of the Prin cipal 3 vol. Irvine. ..."

2. Types and Breeds of Farm Animals by Charles Sumner Plumb (1906)
"CHAPTER XXXVII THE Ayrshire The native home of the Ayrshire is in southwestern Scotland ... The origin of the Ayrshire has been in the main a complex one. ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"By Harry Hayward, The Ayrshire is one of the principal breeds of dairy ... The individual Ayrshire is an animal of medium size, the standard weight for ..."

4. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1853)
"This engraving is a fine portrait of tin Ayrshire Bull, the property of Mr. JOHN RAYNOLDS, one ol the proprietors of the Farmer. He is three years old, ..."

5. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"from his Ayrshire friends, some letters of recommendation : some of his rural acquaintance coming, as well as himself, to Edinburgh, for the winter, ..."

6. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"from his Ayrshire friends, some letters of recommendation : some of his »ural acquaintance coming, as well as himself, to Edinburgh, for the winter, ..."

7. European Agriculture and Rural Economy: From personal observation by Henry Colman (1851)
"The Ayrshire stock prevails, principally, in Ayrshire, Scotland, ... I am not about to depreciate them, for a fine Ayrshire cow, with her full udder, ..."

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