Shepherd bird (Zoöl.), the crested screamer. See Screamer. -- Shepherd
dog (Zoöl.), a breed of dogs used largely for the herding and care of
sheep. There are several kinds, as the collie, or Scotch shepherd dog,
and the English shepherd dog. Called also shepherd's dog. -- Shepherd
dog, a name of Pan. Keats. -- Shepherd kings, the chiefs of a nomadic
people who invaded Egypt from the East in the traditional period, and
conquered it, at least in part. They were expelled after about five
hundred years, and attempts have been made to connect their expulsion
with narrative in the book of Exodus. -- Shepherd's club (Bot.), the
common mullein. See Mullein. -- Shepherd's crook, a long staff having
the end curved so as to form a large hook, -- used by shepherds. --
Shepherd's needle (Bot.), the lady's comb. -- Shepherd's plaid, a kind
of woolen cloth of a checkered black and white pattern. -- Shephered
spider (Zoöl.), a daddy longlegs, or harvestman. -- Shepherd's pouch,
or Shepherd's purse (Bot.), an annual cruciferous plant (Capsella
Bursapastoris) bearing small white flowers and pouchlike pods. See
Illust. of Silicle. -- Shepherd's rod, or Shepherd's staff (Bot.), the
small teasel.
Shep"herd, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shepherded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shepherding.] To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as
a shepherd. [Poetic]
White, fleecy clouds . . .
Shepherded by the slow, unwilling wind.
Shelley.
Shep"herd*ess, n. A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.
She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess.
Sir P. Sidney.
Shep*her"di*a (?), n.; pl. Shepherdias (#). [NL. So called from John
Shepherd, an English botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs having silvery
scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elæagnus; also, any
plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.
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Shep"herd*ish (?), n. Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd;
pastoral. Sir T. Sidney.
Shep"herd*ism (?), n. Pastoral life or occupation.
Shep"herd*ling (?), n. A little shepherd.
Shep"herd*ly (?), a. Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral;
rustic. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Shep"ster (?), n. A seamstress. [Obs.] Caxton.
Sher"bet (?), n. [Ar. sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly, one drink or
sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink. Cf. Sorbet, Sirup,
Shrub a drink.] 1. A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the
juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways;
as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.