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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beeves \Beeves\ (b[=e]vz), noun plural of {Beef}, the animal.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
beeves See {beef}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
beef
noun
1: cattle that are reared for their meat [syn: {beef cattle}]
2: meat from an adult domestic bovine [syn: {boeuf}]
3: informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" [syn: {gripe}, {kick}, {bitch}, {squawk}]
verb: complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: {gripe}, {grouse}, {crab}, {squawk}, {bellyache}, {holler}] [also: {beeves} (pl)]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beeves (an old English plural of the word beef), a name applicable to all ruminating animals except camels, and especially to the Bovidce, or horned cattle (Lev. 22:19, 21; Num. 31:28, 30, 33, 38, 44).
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