beeve

The first two are to cut across the grain of the meat, and thus obtain, when the beeve is a good one, really the best steaks in the animal.

Miss Parloa's New Cook Book Maria Parloa 1876

Money, however, still bore a fixed proportion to cattle; as appears from the Saxon law (Tit. xviii.): "The Solidus is of two kinds; one contains two tremisses, that is, a beeve of twelve months, or a sheep with its lamb; the other, three tremisses, or a beeve of sixteen months.

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus

The French “boeuf” pronounced, roughly, berf means “beeve”, that is, the singular of cattle.

Freshwater: Oct 30, 2009 - The Panda's Thumb 2009

So fish on feet, bird on face...maybe have a Kobe beeve nibble your hair?

Beauty secret: nightingale droppings. Ann Althouse 2008

Had to buy a half beeve to get that price but it fit easily into our freezer space…. depends on the animal, of course.

Another reason to eat grass-fed beef | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

One man said, “Oh, I've driv many a beeve through here.”

Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

Even the beeve kind are destitute of their usual stateliness and dignity of head: [34] they are, however, numerous, and form the most esteemed, and, indeed, the only species of wealth.

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus

There are about thirty pounds in a sirloin that has been cut from a large beeve.

Miss Parloa's New Cook Book Maria Parloa 1876

They mended their shoes with pieces of leather cut from the saddle-skirts as long as they lasted, and, when this material was gone, they covered the entire shoe with green beeve or mule hide, drawn together and sewed upon the top, with the hair inside, which protected the upper as well as the sole leather.

The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Randolph Barnes Marcy 1849

It is further described to be of the size of a beeve, and to be likewise a fierce creature, contrary to what is observed of the goat or deer kind, which, unless they are irritated and highly provoked, are all of them of a shy and timorous nature.

Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814