[Sca-cooks] Re: oxen and neats

[Ron Carnegie]

Neat refers to cattle regardless of age or gender.  Below is a definition I
snatched from an online dictionary.

	Cattle of the genus {Bos}, as distinguished from horses,
	sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus {Bos};

Ranald de Balinhard

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> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:55 PM
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> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Re: oxen and neats
>
>
>  I read your statement that an ox could be a male neat, and said,
> "What?"
> Then I said, of course, neat's foot oil (made from the feet of
> calves, because -
> I think - the oil stays liquid and flexible at low temps, so is good for
> leather footwear.)  So, are neats always calves, or just occasionally?
>      Devra the perplexed
>
>
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