ˈeve-churr
Also 7 -churre, 8 -chair, -chier, -chur.
[f. eve n.1 + churr: see churr-worm.]
† 1. The Mole-Cricket; also called churr-worm, fen-cricket. ? Obs.
| 1658 Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1018 Of the Fen-Kricket, the Eve-churre, or the Chur-worm..we may call it Gryllotalpa; a Mole-kricket. 1668 Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §2 Fen-Cricket, Evechurr, Churr-worm. 1721–1800 Bailey, Eve-churr, a Worm. 1726 [see churr-worm]. |
2. The Nightjar, Caprimulgus europæus. Cf. churn-owl.
| 1837 Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds III. 633. 1885 Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds (E.D.S.) 96. 1890 Daily News 15 July 5/1 He is still a bird of many names. Some, like nightjar, eve-churr..are suggestive of his voice. |