"A new-born sheep is called a _lamb_, and retains the name until weaned from its mother and able to support itself. The generic name is altered according to the sex and state of the animal; when a female it is a _ewe-lamb_, when a male _tup-lamb_, and this last is changed to _hogg-lamb_ when it undergoes emasculation. "After a lamb has been weaned, until the first fleece is shorn from its back, it receives the name of _hogg_, which is also modified according to the sex and state of the animal, a female being a _ewe-hogg_, a male a _tup-hogg_, and a castrated male a _wether-hogg_. After the first fleece has been shorn, another change is made in the nomenclature; the ewe-hogg then becomes a _gimmer_, the tup-hogg a _shearling-tup_, and the wether-hog a _dinmont_, and these names are retained until the fleece is shorn a second time. "After the second shearing another change is effected in all these names; the gimmer is then a _ewe_ if she is _in lamb_, but if not, a _barren gimmer_ and if never put to the ram a _eild gimmer_. The shearling tup is then a _2-shear tup_, and the dinmont is a _wether_, but more correctly a _2-shear wether_. "A ewe three times shorn is a _twinter ewe_, (_two-winter ewe_;) a tup is a _3-shear tup_; and a wether still a _wether_, or more correctly a _3-shear wether_--which is an uncommon name among Leicester sheep, as the castrated sheep of that breed are rarely kept to that age. "A ewe four times shorn is a _three winter ewe_, or _aged ewe_; a tup, an _aged tup_, a name he retains ever after, whatever his age, but they are seldom kept beyond this age; and the wether is now a _wether_ properly so called. "A _tup_ and _ram_ are synonymous terms. "A ewe that has borne a lamb, when it fails to be with lamb again is a _tup-eill_ or _barren ewe_. After a ewe has ceased to give milk she is a _yeld-ewe_. "A ewe when removed from the breeding flock is a _draft ewe_, whatever her age may be; gimmers put aside as unfit for breeding are _draft gimmers_, and the lambs, dinmonts or wethers, drafted out of the fat or young stock are _sheddings_, _tails_, or _drafts_. "In England a somewhat different nomenclature prevails. Sheep bear the name of _lamb_ until eight months old, after which they are _ewe_ and _wether teggs_ until once clipped. Gimmers are _theares_ until they bear the first lamb, when they are _ewes of 4-teeth_, next year _ewes of 6-teeth_, and the year after _full-mouthed ewes_. Dinmonts are called _shear hoggs_ until shorn of the fleece, when they are _2-shear wethers_, and ever after are _wethers_." The names of cattle are a little less complicated.