a. [f. STURDY sb. + -ED2.] Of sheep or cattle: Afflicted with ‘sturdy.’
1807. Prize Ess. & Trans. Highl. Soc., III. 402. I catched every sturdied sheep that I could lay my hands on.
1822. Scott, Nigel, vi. I would as soon set out, with hound and horn, to hunt a sturdied sheep.
1844. H. Stephens, Bk. Farm, III. 877. The complaint may be cured, though it is seldom attempted, the studied hogg being killed whenever it is seen to be affected.
