Tartar Sauce (recipes) and sheep(1) (iou)

Tartar Sauce (recipes)

Yield: Makes about 1 cup

Ingredients:

1cup mayonnaise

2tablespoons chopped cornichons or dill relish

1clove garlic, minced

1teaspoon fresh lemon juice

1teaspoon prepared horseradish

2to 3 dashes ground red pepper

3tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil (optional)

Parsley sprigs for garnish

Preparation:

1.Combine mayonnaise, cornichons, garlic, lemon juice, horseradish and red pepper in small bowl. Drain sun-dried tomatoes and pat dry with paper towels. Slice tomatoes lengthwise into thin strips and cut in half. Fold tomatoes into mayonnaise mixture. Garnish, if desired.

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sheep(1) (iou)

sheep noun. Pl. same.

a. A medium-sized, freq. horned, gregarious grazing ruminant animal, Ovis aries, the numerous varieties of which are widely domesticated for their woolly fleece, meat, skin, milk, etc. OE.
Cheviot sheep, Dartmoor sheep, Herdwick sheep, Jacob sheep, Kerry Hill sheep, Leicester sheep, Soay sheep, Suffolk sheep, etc.
b. Any of various grazing mammals of the genus Ovis and related genera, closely allied to goats, as the mouflon, the American bighorn, etc. Usu. with specifying word. E17.
Barbary sheep, Rocky Mountain sheep, wild sheep, etc.
The domestic sheep as a symbol of a righteous person (freq. with ref. to Matthew 25:32-33); collect. pl. God's chosen people, the Church, esp. with ref. to Christ as the Good Shepherd (John 10:1-16); (usu. in pl.) a person receiving or requiring spiritual direction or sustenance, a member of a congregation, a parishioner. Cf. GOAT 3. OE.
A person likened to a sheep in being defenceless, inoffensive, liable to stray, etc.; esp. a stupid, timid, or poor-spirited person. M16.
Leather made from the hide or skin of a sheep. Now rare. E18.
Phrases: black sheep: see BLACK adjective. count sheep count imaginary sheep jumping over an obstacle one by one as a soporific. make sheep's eyes at: see EYE noun. pack sheep: see PACK noun 3b. placer sheep: see PLACER noun3 2. scabby sheep: see SCABBY. separate the sheep from the goats: see GOAT. vegetable sheep: see VEGETABLE adjective. wolf in sheep's clothing: see WOLF noun.
Comb.: sheep-back = ROCHE MOUTONNeE; sheep-bell a bell which is or may be hung on a sheep's neck (cf. bell-wether s.v. BELL noun1); sheepberry (the edible fruit of) a N. American viburnum, Viburnum lentago; sheep-biter (long rare or obsolete) (a) a dog that bites or worries sheep; (b) a malicious or censorious person; a shifty, sneaking, or thievish person; (c) a person who consumes mutton in great quantities; (d) a sexually promiscuous man, a lecher; sheep-biting ppl adjective that is a sheep-biter; sheep blowfly a large greenish blowfly of the genus Lucilia, esp. L. coprina, the larva of which is a pest of sheep in Australia; sheep-bot, sheep botfly the botfly Oestrus ovis, the larvae of which parasitize the nasal passages of sheep; sheep-bug a mite of the genus Argas, which infests sheep; sheep-bush Austral. the wilga tree, Geijera parviflora, sometimes eaten by sheep in times of scarcity; sheep-camp (a) N. Amer. a camp for sheep-herders; (b) Austral. & NZ an assembly place for sheep (cf. CAMP noun2 2b); (c) S. Afr. a fenced-in enclosure for sheep (cf. CAMP noun2 6); sheep-crook (now rare or obsolete) a shepherd's crook; sheep-dip (a) a liquid preparation in which sheep are dipped to kill vermin on them; (b) a place where this is done; a vat or tank for this purpose; sheep-dipping the action or practice of dipping sheep to kill vermin on them; sheep-fly (a) = sheep-tick (a) below; (b) a sheep blowfly, Lucilia sericata; sheep-herder US a person who herds sheep in large numbers in unfenced country; sheep-hook (now rare) a shepherd's crook; sheep-house (now rare) a covered enclosure for sheep, a sheepcote; sheep-ked: see KED noun1; sheepkill = sheep laurel below; sheep laurel a N. American evergreen shrub of the heath family, Kalmia angustifolia, reputedly very poisonous to stock; sheepman (a) a shepherd; (b) (orig. N. Amer.) a breeder or owner of sheep; sheep-mark (a) a mark on a sheep, esp. an earmark, indicating ownership; (b) rare a tool for marking sheep to indicate ownership; sheep-master a sheep-owner; sheepmeat meat obtained from sheep; mutton and lamb (chiefly in commercial use); sheep-money = sheep-silver below; sheepnose a variety of cider apple with small fruit; sheep-nose-bot, sheep nostril fly = sheep bot above; sheep-pen a pen in which to keep sheep; sheep pox an infectious virus disease of sheep characterized by fever and skin lesions; sheep-rack a rack from which sheep feed; sheep-ree a permanent sheepfold; sheep-rot (a) disease in sheep caused by the presence of liver flukes; (b) dial. any of several plants supposed to cause disease in sheep, esp. marsh pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris; sheep-run (orig. Austral.) an extensive sheepwalk; sheep's bane marsh pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris; sheep's-bit a plant of sandy banks, Jasione montana, of the bellflower family, with flowers like those of scabious; also called sheep's scabious; sheep scab: see SCAB noun 2a; sheep's eye an amorous glance (usu. in pl., chiefly in make sheep's eyes at s.v. EYE noun); sheep's fescue a small wiry fescue, Festuca ovina, characteristic of hill grassland; sheep's foot (a) the foot of a sheep; (b) a kind of claw-hammer; (c) sheep's foot roller, a tamping roller consisting of a steel drum studded with projecting feet; sheep's gut(s) catgut; sheep-shagger (coarse slang, offensive) a member of a Scottish regiment of the British army; gen. a man from a hilly or rural region, a rustic; sheep-shear verb (rare) (a) verb intrans. shear sheep; (b) verb trans. cheat or swindle (a person); sheep-shearer (a) a person who or machine which shears sheep; (b) rare a cheater, a swindler; sheep-shearing (a) the action or practice of shearing sheep; (b) the time or occasion of the festival (now rarely held) celebrating this; (c) rare cheating, swindling; sheep-shears shears for sheep-shearing; sheep's heart (a) the heart of a sheep; (b) arch. a timid person, a coward; sheep-sick adjective (of land) that has been overgrazed by sheep; sheep-silver Hist. a tax on sheep kept by a tenant; sheep's leather leather made from the hide or skin of a sheep; sheep-sleight (now dial.) (the right of) pasturage for a sheep or sheep; sheep-smearing the smearing of sheep with tar to kill vermin; a kind of tar used for this purpose; sheep sorrel: see SORREL noun1; sheep's scabious = sheep's-bit above; sheep's sorrel: see SORREL noun1; sheep's tongue the tongue of a sheep, esp. as used for Food; sheep-tick (a) any of numerous ticks of the genus Ixodes, parasitic on sheep and Other domesticated animals; (b) loosely an adult sheep-ked; sheepwalk (a) a tract of grassland used for pasturing sheep; (b) = TERRACETTE; sheep-wash (a) the washing of sheep before shearing; the place where this is done; (b) a preparation used in washing sheep, sheep-dip; sheepwash verb trans. & intrans. wash (sheep) before shearing.
sheeplike adjective (freq. derog.) resembling (that of) a sheep L16.
sheepling noun (now arch. rare) a young or small sheep M17.
sheepy adjective (rare) (a) of, pertaining to, or resembling (a) sheep; (b) full of sheep: LME.

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