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Exmoor   Listen
noun
Exmoor  n.  
1.
One of a breed of horned sheep of Devonshire, England, having white legs and face and black nostrils. They are esp. valuable for mutton.
2.
A breed of ponies native to the Exmoor district.





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"Exmoor" Quotes from Famous Books



... babble, belonging to no form of real breathing life; nowhere intelligible; not in any province; whilst, at the same time, all provinces—Somersetshire, Devonshire, Hampshire—are confounded with our midland counties; and positively the diction of Parricombe and Charricombe from Exmoor Forest is mixed up with the pure Icelandic forms of the English lakes, of North Yorkshire, and of Northumberland. In Scotland, it needs but a slight intercourse with the peasantry to distinguish various dialects—the ...
— Memorials and Other Papers • Thomas de Quincey
... of Lidcote Hall was situated near the village of the same name, and adjoined the wild and extensive forest of Exmoor, plentifully stocked with game, in which some ancient rights belonging to the Robsart family entitled Sir Hugh to pursue his favourite amusement of the chase. The old mansion was a low, venerable ...
— Kenilworth • Sir Walter Scott


Words linked to "Exmoor" :   domestic sheep, Ovis aries


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