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Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 1998 HarperCollins Publishers
breed [brid]
vb. breeds, breeding. bred.
1. to bear (offspring).
2. (tr.) to bring up; raise.
3. to produce or cause to produce by mating; propagate.
4. to produce and maintain new or improved strains of (domestic animals and plants).
5. to produce or be produced; generate: to breed trouble; violence breeds in densely populated areas.
n.
6. a group of organisms within a species, esp a group of domestic animals, originated and maintained by man and having a clearly defined set of characteristics.
7. a lineage or race: a breed of Europeans.
8. a kind, sort, or group: a special breed of hatred.
[Old English bredan, of Germanic origin; related to {brood}]
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Dear Bingley: I'm reminded of a story told me by a very refined young lady. A farmer saw
that his sow was in oestrus, so loaded her into his wheelbarrow and took her to a farm to
the east to be bred. But she did not conceive, so when oestrus recurred, he put her in
his wheelbarrow, and took her to a farm to the south. Still no results, so when oestrus
signs recurred, he put her in the wheelbarrow, and took her to a farm to the west.
Still no luck. When oestrus again was observed, the sow was already in the wheelbarrow.
Which goes to show you shouldn't let yourself get in a rut.
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A bull moose in rut is dangerous. An elephant * must* be far more so Kipling spelled
it musth.
must2 7must8
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5Hindi mast, intoxicated < Pers mast < IE base *mad3, to be moist > MEAT6 a state of frenzy in animals, esp. in the male elephant, usually associated with sexual heat
adj.
in must
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I must, therefor I do. [whistling, looking out the window-e]
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While visiting Norway in 1992, I heard stories about the carribou/reindeer of northern Scandanavia (Lapland, etc.) leaving thier 'home on the range' because thier food supply had already "left", and they were found wandering the streets of southern, more populated areas much more often. They were fleeing the disasterous effects of the catastrophy at Chernobyl.
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I can understand indicence ofthyroid and other cancers in children being high as result
of nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl. I have never heard that the caribou/reindeer of
Scandinavia were affected in a way that would make them migrate. They too might
have cancers, but why would that make them migrate? Looking for a veterinary oncologist?
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Dear musick: Deadly doses of radioactive materials would be completely tasteless. That long
remport made no mention of effect on any land animals. What a bunch of bastards the Russian
nuclear people were. Too bad the admirers of the Communists can't be made to go clean up the
mess. "I have seen the future, and it works." Bullshit.
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wwh - Section 22 of that report reveals a bit of it. (I was kidding about the *flavor, sorry I left out the asterisk) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1086547.stm
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Dear musick: I think that a dose of radiation that might harm the animal would not cause a
concentration high enough in the edible parts to be a serious health hazard. I would however
not eat meat that had any measureable amount of radioactive material in it.
I still don't see any relation between the radioactive stuff and moose migrating to the
cities.
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