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Quotation dates: 1798-1812
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KED, n. Also kedd; kaid, kaed, kade; kid. The sheep-tick, Melophagus ovinus (w.Sc. 1741 A. McDonald Galick Vocab. 70, Sc. 1825 Jam.; Dmf. 1899 Country Schoolmaster (Wallace) 349; Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai; Sh., Per., Fif., Ayr., Kcb., Dmf. 1959). Also in Eng. dial.Arg. 1798 J. Smith Agric. Arg. 254:
Fags, or kades, are destroyed by a mixture of soap and mercury.Sc. 1802 A. Campbell Journey from Edb. I. 227:
Kades . . . and other local diseases incident to sheep, are treated variously, but with very little success.Dmf. 1812 W. Singer Agric. Dmf. 581:
It was necessary, in order to kill the insects which infest sheep, the kades, to pour them with an infusion of tobacco.
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