thrice-cock dial.
(ˈθraɪskɒk)
[f. var. thrush1 + cock n.1 9 b.]
= missel-thrush; cf. storm-cock s.v. storm n. 6 e.
| 1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 26 Jan. (1971) 160 The Thrice-Cock..is the largest kind of thrush. 1913 H. K. Swann Dict. Eng. & Folk-Names Brit. Birds 236 Thrice Cock. A Midland and North of England name for the Mistle-thrush. 1965 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. xiv. 9 Mistle Thrush... Thricecock: Oldham. Cf. Fieldfare. |