neat (n.) Old form(s): Neates
ox, cow, cattle
1H4 II.iv.241[Falstaff to Prince Hal] you dried neat's-tongue
3H6 II.i.14[Richard to Edward, of York] he bore him in the thickest troop / As doth a lion in a herd of neat
JC I.i.25[Cobbler to Flavius] As proper men as ever trod upon neat's leather have gone upon my handiwork
MV I.i.112[Gratiano to Antonio] silence is only commendable / In a neat's tongue dried
Tem II.ii.69[Stephano to himself, of Caliban] he's a present for any emperor that ever trod on neat's leather
TS IV.iii.17[Grumio to Katherina, of satisfying her hunger] What say you to a neat's foot?
WT I.ii.125[Leontes to Mamillius] the steer, the heifer, and the calf / Are all called neat
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