ˈnewcal(d, ppl. a. Sc. and north. dial.
Also 8 nuckle, 9 neucle(d, newkeld, etc.
[For new-calved (see new adv. 3 b), or perh. ad. ON. *n{yacu}kelfd.]
Of a cow: That has newly calved.
| 1719 Ramsay Richy & Sandy 72 Nuckle kye stand rowting in the loans. 1725 ― Gentle Sheph. iii. iii, My faulds contain twice fifteen forrow nowt, As mony newcal in my byres rowt. 1801 W. Beattie Fruits of Time Parings (1873) 67 (E.D.D.), A new-cal' cow to fill my byre. 1829 Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Newcal-cow, a cow newly calved. [Also in recent northern glossaries: see Eng. Dial. Dict.] |