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yed | ked |

As nouns the difference between yed and ked

is that yed is a saying while ked is any of the family Hippoboscidae of obligate parasites, especially the sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus.

As a verb yed

is to speak; sing.

As an initialism KED is

kendrick Extrication Device.

yed

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(yedd)
  • (archaic) To speak; sing.
  • To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib.
  • To contend; wrangle.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A saying.
  • A falsehood; leasing.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Verb

    (yedd)
  • To burrow underground, as a rabbit or mole; also said of miners.
  • To be associated with a place or locality. (rfex)
  • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground.
  • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1950 , date = December , first = Lee , last = Hoffman , authorlink = , title = Chaos , magazine = Quandry , url = http://fanac.org/fanzines/Quandry/Quandry5-02.html , volume = , issue = 5 , page = 3 , passage = Fandom is a wonderful thing. We used to live in Florida ten years ago. Across the street lived a lad two years older than yed' who had the most wonderful collection of comic books...all of a stf nature. At the ripe old age of eight ' yed was swept to Georgia and the lad with the comics was never heard from. Since entering fandom we thought much of him and wondered if he were not a slan. This morning we learned that he is a member of NFFF and TFSC. Naturally we got a letter off to him. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1952 , date = February , first = Fred J. , last = Robinson , authorlink = , title = Arose By Any Other Name , magazine = Straight Up , url = http://www.gostak.co.uk/FR/SU1.htm , volume = 1 , issue = 1 , page = 1 , passage = All of which sprang (crawled?) from the fertile skull of yed , no doubt it is something in my Radius. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1976 , date = November , first = Lee , last = Hoffman , authorlink = , title = Editorial , magazine = Science-Fiction Five-Yearly , url = http://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Five_Yearly/sffy6-04.html , volume = , issue = 6 , page = 4 , passage = In preparation for this momentous occasion yed has been browsing past issues of this sterling journal, and it has come to our attention that previous articles by yhos have been devoted largely to bemoaning the multitude of technical problems encountered in production -- the difficulties of duplication, the miseries of mimeography. }}

    Anagrams

    * dye, dey

    ked

    English

    (Melophagus ovinus) (Hippoboscidae)

    Alternative forms

    * kade (specifically Melophagus ovinus)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the family Hippoboscidae of obligate parasites, especially the (sheep ked), Melophagus ovinus .
  • * 1839 , Rev. Dr Singer, Flies and other insects hurtful to live stock, &c.'', ''Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland , page 132,
  • Pouring with tobacco liquor is fatal to these insects, and also to the ked , Hippobosca ovina'', and to the tick, ''Acarus reduvius , if it fairly reach them.
  • * 2006 , Philip R. Scott, Sheep Medicine , page 263,
  • The common differential diagnoses include cutaneous myiasis, sheep scab and lice; however, keds' are readily visible to the naked eye.Adult ' keds are 4-6 mm long, dark red and readily visible on the neck and forelimbs.
  • * 2007 , Carrie Gleason, The Biography of Wool , page 12,
  • They watch the sheep for signs of insects or pests, such as sheep keds and sheep lice, that can irritate the sheep causing them to scratch their fleece against fences or troughs and damage or tear the wool.

    Synonyms

    * (parasite of family Hippoboscidae) (louse fly) * (Melophagus ovinus) (sheep tick)

    Derived terms

    * deer ked * ked itch * sheep ked

    Anagrams

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