资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Neat \Neat\, n. sing. & pl. [AS. ne['a]t; akin to OHG. n?z,
   Icel. naut, Sw. n["o]t, Dan. n["o]d, and to AS. ne['o]tan to
   make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have a share in,
   have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Cattle of the genus {Bos}, as distinguished from horses,
   sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus {Bos}; as, a neat's
   tongue; a neat's foot. --Chaucer.

         Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat.
                                                  --Spenser.

         The steer, the heifer, and the calf Are all called
         neat.                                    --Shak.

         A neat and a sheep of his own.           --Tusser.

   {Neat's-foot}, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat
      cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable.