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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Neat \Neat\ (n[=e]t), n. sing. & pl. [AS. ne['a]t; akin to OHG.
   n[=o]z, Icel. naut, Sw. n["o]t, Dan. n["o]d, and to AS.
   ne['o]tan to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have
   a share in, have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit.] (Zool.)
   Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses,
   sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's
   tongue; a neat's foot. --Chaucer.
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         Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat.
                                                  --Spenser.
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         The steer, the heifer, and the calf
         Are all called neat.                     --Shak.
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         A neat and a sheep of his own.           --Tusser.
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   Neat's-foot, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat
      cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable.
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