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Definition of Ovines
1. ovine [n] - See also: ovine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovines
Literary usage of Ovines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1852)
"C'ovines (Vol. iii., p. 477.).—Remember.. ing to have seen it stated by one of
your correspondents, that witches or sorcerers were formerly divided into ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1860)
"... ad ovines perveniat;" which gives rise to all ignominious punishments, and to
such executions of justice as are open and public: *or, lastly, ..."
3. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1890)
"The custom-dues are light. Tobacco, cigars, and lea are cheap, so are the inferior
spirits and cordials used in Ihe Islands. High-class ovines and ..."
4. A Survey of London by John Stow (1908)
"... long and so great warre and contention, in the ninth chapter saith, ciuitas
London habeat ovines suas Libertates antiquas &c. About the time of King /. ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1800)
"... ovines.' by other exquisite pathetic strokes; for example: As the distress of
th-'s play deepens, ..."
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