‖n. [ F. chiche lean + vache cow. ] A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., the ranks or rows of cows, the name being given from the fact that the cattle, when answering the musical call of their keeper, move towards him in a row, preceded by those wearing bells. ] The name for numerous simple, but very irregular, melodies of the Swiss mountaineers, blown on a long tube called the Alpine horn, and sometimes sung. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., from vache a cow. Cf. Vaquero. ] A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman. [ Southwestern U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. vacherie, from vache a cow, L. vacca. Cf. Vaccary. ] 1. An inclosure for cows. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dairy. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Prompt. Parv. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Cf. F. vachette cowhide leather used for ligatures. ] (Veter.) A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]