Ram (Bellwether)

Pleteršnik Slovenian-German dictionary from 1895 has a word "bak" with translation "der Widder, der Leithammel" (ram, bellwether).

A “bellwether” is a sheep (usually male [a ram {usually a castrated one}]) who leads the herd, usually with a bell around their neck.

This Soay ram demonstrates the wide variance in sheep traits that belies . Another sheep, the bellwether, which never goes first but always follows an

A bellwether is any entity in a given arena that serves to create or influence ram (a wether) in order that this animal might lead its flock of sheep.

Few people who would describe something indicating a trend as a 'bellwether' realise they’re comparing it to a castrated ram.

destined since creation to be offered in Isaac's stead (according to some sages this ram was the bellwether of Abraham's flock and was named Isaac,

A wether, without the prefix bell, is an old English name for a castrated ram. Ouch! So a bellwether is the head ram with a bell hung around its neck.

Ewes and lambs on the hill at Bellwether Farm 04/18/07 bullet, Spring 2007 Lamb List, sorted by breeding ram group, and listed by maternal ewe:

Spring 2007 Ram Lambs For Sale at Bellwether Farm (see bloodlines and descriptions in the Spring 2007 Lamb List on the What's New page):

-Some sort of bellwether-style image (sheep or ram with a bell). It's been suggested that humor will help make the message easier to hear,

Bellwether. Demand-driven surrogate based on. Squid; Zebra,; FreeBSD For this result set, the surrogate is a dual PIII/550 Xeon with 2GB RAM and 10 SCSI

You put the flock in a pen, cull the flock, and keep your bellwether, ram and breeding ewes to go back out and make more sheep.

When determining whether a state is a political bellwether, consider that the word originally referred to the bell-wearing ram who was the leader of a flock

Yes, originally, a bellwether was a belled wether (castrated ram) who led a flock of sheep--oxymoronic but true. Since the 1400s bellwether has also meant

Has anyone else noticed the EXPLOSION of articles using the word bellwether? that it comes from the practice of using a castrated ram to lead sheep.

Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is a Bellwether Stock? Traditionally, the leader sheep was a wether, or castrated ram. Over time, people began to

If you’d like to learn more about the Bellwether and our Colloquium click here. ram (a wether) in order that this animal might lead its flock of sheep”.

nology: Albanian dash, Romanian das ‘ram’ and Alb. ugic, ogic, Serbian. ugi, Bulgarian jugi, jogi ‘bellwether’. In the Balkans, they both seem to

Spelled correctly, it may be used as a verb: to bellwether means "to lead Etymology: A wether is a gelded ram. One is often given a bell to lead a herd

It picked up the suffic -er in English and landed on our lips as wether "gelded ram", as in bellwether (careful with the spelling). Latin veterinus "cattle"

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