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<h1>Herd</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herd</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hirde</ets>, <ets>herde</ets>, <ets>heorde</ets>, AS. <ets>hirde</ets>, <ets>hyrde</ets>, <ets>heorde</ets>; akin to G. <ets>hirt</ets>, <ets>hirte</ets>, OHG. <ets>hirti</ets>, Icel. <ets>hir</ets><?/<ets>ir</ets>, Sw. <ets>herde</ets>, Dan. <ets>hyrde</ets>, Goth. <ets>ha\'a1rdeis</ets>. See 2d <er>Herd</er>.]</ety> <def>One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; <as>as, a shep<ex>herd</ex>; a goat<ex>herd</ex>, and the like.</as></def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Herd</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herd</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Herded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Herding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See 2d <er>Herd</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; <as>as, sheep <ex>herd</ex> on many hills</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.</def>

<blockquote>I'll <b>herd</b> among his friends, and seem One of the number. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

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<hw>Herd</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To form or put into a herd.</def>

<h1>Herdbook</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herd"book`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called <altname>herd record</altname>, or <altname>herd register</altname>.</def>

<h1>Herder</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herd"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A herdsman.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Herderite</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her"der*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after Baron von <ets>Herder</ets>, who discovered it.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.</def>

<h1>Herdess</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herd"ess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A shepherdess; a female herder.</def>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i> <i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Herdgroom</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herd"groom`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A herdsman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Herdic</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Her"dic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named from Peter <ets>Herdic</ets>, the inventor.]</ety> <def>A kind of low-hung cab.</def>

<h1>Herdman, Herdsman</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw><hw>Herd"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Herds"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-men</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.</def>

<h1>Herdswoman</h1> <Xpage=687>

<hw>Herds"wom`an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. -<plw>women</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A woman who tends a herd.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>