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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
heifer
    n 1: young cow

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Heifer \Heif"er\, n. [OE. hayfare, AS. he['a]hfore, he['a]fore;
   the second part of this word seems akin to AS. fearr bull,
   ox; akin to OHG. farro, G. farre, D. vaars, heifer, G.
   f[aum]rse, and perh. to Gr. ?, ?, calf, heifer.] (Zool.)
   A young cow.
   [1913 Webster]

3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Heifer
   Heb. 'eglah, (Deut. 21:4, 6; Jer. 46:20). Untrained to the yoke
   (Hos. 10:11); giving milk (Isa. 7:21); ploughing (Judg. 14:18);
   treading out grain (Jer. 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem
   of Judah (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:34).
   
     Heb. parah (Gen. 41:2; Num. 19:2). Bearing the yoke (Hos.
   4:16); "heifers of Bashan" (Amos 4:1), metaphorical for the
   voluptuous females of Samaria. The ordinance of sacrifice of the
   "red heifer" described in Num. 19:1-10; comp. Heb. 9:13.
   

4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
HEIFER. A young cow, which has not had a calf. A beast of this kind two 
years and a half old, was held to be improperly described in the indictment 
as a cow. 2 East, P. C. 616; 1 Leach, 105. 



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