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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Barbed wire (noun): twisted wires armed with barbs or sharp points—called also barbwire

Brand (noun): a mark made by burning with a hot iron to attest manufacture or quality or to designate ownership

Breeding (verb): to propagate (plants or animals) sexually and usually under controlled conditions <bred several strains of corn together to produce a superior variety>

Culture (noun): the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon man’s capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations

Graze (verb): to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton

Grama (noun): any of several pasture grasses (genus Bouteloua) of the western U.S.

Market (noun): a geographical area of demand for commodities or services

Molasses (noun): the thick dark to light brown syrup that is separated from raw sugar in sugar manufacture

Range (noun): an open region over which animals (as livestock) may roam and feed

Reservation (noun) a tract of land set apart by the federal government for a special purpose, especially one for the use of a Native American people.

Roundup (noun): the act or process of collecting animals (as cattle) by riding around them and driving them in

Slaughter (noun): the act of killing; specifically: the butchering of livestock for market

Territory (noun): a geographical area belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority

Wrangler (noun): short for horse-wrangler, probably part translation of Mexican Spanish caballerango groom]: a ranch hand who takes care of the saddle horses; broadly: cowboy

Yearling (noun): an animal one year old or in the second year of its age

 

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