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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1868
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JUICE, v. Sc. usage: to dip (sheep) in a solution of tobacco juice, as an antidote to parasites. Obs.Abd. 1868 Queen Victoria More Leaves (1884) 109:
I drove off . . . to see them "juice the sheep." This is a practice pursued all over the Highlands before the sheep are sent down to the low country for the winter. It is done to preserve the wool. . . . A large sort of trough filled with liquid tobacco and soap, and into this the sheep were dipped one after the other.
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