Neat-cattle
21neat — English has two words neat. The older is now virtually obsolete, while the commoner is a comparatively recent introduction. Neat ‘tidy’ [16] was borrowed from French net ‘neat, clean’. This goes back to Latin nitidus ‘elegant, shiny’, a… …
22neat's-foot oil — /neets foot / a pale yellow fixed oil made by boiling the feet and shinbones of cattle, used chiefly as a dressing for leather. [1570 80] * * * ▪ lubricant pale yellow fatty oil made by boiling the feet (excluding hooves), skin, and… …
23neat — I. noun (plural neat or neats) Etymology: Middle English neet, from Old English nēat; akin to Old High German nōz head of cattle, Old English nēotan to make use of, Lithuanian nauda use Date: before 12th century the common domestic bovine (Bos… …
24neat — 1. noun /niːt/ a) A bull or cow (singular of cattle) b) (collective) Cattle. 2. adjective /niːt/ a) Clean, tidy; free from …
25Neat — Recorded in a number of spellings including Natt, Neat, Kneath, Knath, and Neath, this is a rare Welsh locational surname. Rare not because it is not well recorded, but because it is locational, almost all Welsh surnames are patronymics such as… …
26neat — 1. adj. 1 tidy and methodical. 2 elegantly simple in form etc.; well proportioned. 3 (of language, style, etc.) brief, clear, and pointed; epigrammatic. 4 a cleverly executed (a neat piece of work). b deft; dextrous. 5 (of esp. alcoholic liquor)… …
27cattle — Synonyms and related words: Alderney, Animalia, Ayrshire, Brahman, Chiroptera, Dexter, Durham, Dutch Belted, Galloway, Hereford, Holstein, Indian buffalo, Jersey, Lagomorpha, Longhorn, Polled Hereford, Primates, Red Poll, Red Polled, Rodentia,… …
28neat — sb. == cattle. RG. 404, 518. AS. nyten, neat …
29néat — n ( es/ ) animal, beast, ox, cow, cattle; pl cattle …
30neat's-foot oil — noun Date: 1787 a pale yellow fatty oil made especially from the bones of cattle and used chiefly as a leather dressing …
