Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Herd \Herd\, n. [OE. herd, heord, AS. heord; akin to OHG.
   herta,G. herde, Icel. hj["o]r?, Sw. hjord, Dan. hiord, Goth.
   ha['i]rda; cf. Skr. [,c]ardha troop, host.]
   1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of
      horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a
      particular stock or family of cattle.

            The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. --Gray.

   Note: Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly
         applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when
         driven to market, is called a drove.

   2. A crowd of low people; a rabble.

            But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think
            too little and who talk too much.     --Dryden.

            You can never interest the common herd in the
            abstract question.                    --Coleridge.

   {Herd's grass} (Bot.), one of several species of grass,
      highly esteemed for hay. See under {Grass}.

Source : WordNet®

herd's grass
     n : grass with long cylindrical spikes frown in northern United
         States and Europe for hay [syn: {timothy}, {Phleum
         pratense}]