Kyloe
noun
Kyloe
American
[kahy-loh]
/ ˈkaɪ loʊ /
noun
kyloe
British
/ ˈkaɪləʊ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Kyloe
1745–55; earlier Kiley, Kylie < Scots Gaelic gaidhealach Gaelic, Highland, equivalent to Gaidheal Highlander, Gael + -ach adj. suffix
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She put out her horns like a little Kyloe cow; Run, tailors, run, or she'll kill you all e'en now.
From The Nursery Rhyme Book by L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) Brooke
At Kyloe, in Northumberland, the intellectual defects of Henry Watson have, like the naughtiness of Manne, secured him a measure of fame.
From Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang
Kyloe, kī′lō, n. one of the cattle of the Hebrides.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
In size the Manilla Buffalo is about equal to the Kyloe Ox.
From Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. by George Vasey
But there is evidence that the present leading type of the breed was formed, in part, by an infusion of the blood of the Kyloe, or West-Highland breed.
From Herd Record of the Association of Breeders of Thorough-Bred Neat Stock Short Horns, Ayrshires and Devons by Various
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