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lyery

lyery adjective: of cattle: having lean, dark, muscular flesh.

Adjective

lyery (comparative more lyery, superlative most lyery)

  1. (obsolete) Of cattle: having lean, dark, muscular flesh.
    • It is probable they had stuck more to the lyery, black-beefed Dutch breed, than their more northern neighbours, at that unfortunate period when these were imported from the Continent […]1786, George Culley, Observations on Live Stock, page 35
    • In Lincolnshire, which is the furthest south that we meet with any number of this kind of cattle, they are, in general, more subject to lyery, or black flesh, than those bred further north; […]1871, Thomas Bell, Thomas Bates, The History of Improved Shorthorn Or Durham Cattle, page 6

Forms of lyery

comparativemore lyery
superlativemost lyery

Questions about lyery

What does lyery mean?
Lyery means of cattle: having lean, dark, muscular flesh.
What part of speech is lyery?
Lyery is an adjective.

Words near lyery in the dictionary

  1. Lyells
  2. lyencephalous
  3. Lyerly
  4. Lyerlys
  5. lyerman
  6. lyery
  7. lyes
  8. lyest
  9. lyeth
  10. Lyeys
  11. lyfe

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