heifer

noun
/ˈhɛfə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English heyfre, hayfre, heyfer, from Old English hēahfore, hēahfru, of disputed origin; see the Old English entry for more discussion.

  1. inherited from heahfore
  2. inherited from heyfre

Definitions

  1. A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.

    • We muſt be neat; not neat, but cleanly, Captaine: / And yet the Steere, the Heycfer^([sic]), and the Calfe, / Are all call'd Neat.
    • The breath of the mountain heifer was fragrant as the gales of Sirendiep, by feeding on ſpicy herbs.
  2. A wife.

    • Her, whom I shall choose for my heicfar.
  3. An unattractive or unpleasant woman.

    • I have half a mind to marry that heifer, tho' wives are bothersome critters when you have too many of them.
    • Stop your crying, heifer, I don't need all that, I got a job for you, the braided-up pimp is back!
    • My hand was aching to slap that silly heifer. I told her to take her trifling ass down to Burger King and get herself a job flipping burgers...

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for heifer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA