† shrite Obs.
Also 7 shreight.
[Of obscure origin: cf. shreitch and shrike n.2 (dial. = missel-thrush).]
The missel-thrush.
| 1668 Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §3. 149 Missle-Bird, Shreight. 1678 Ray Willughby's Ornith. 187 The Missel-bird or Shrite; Turdus viscivorus major. [1802 Montagu Ornith. Dict. 1839 Macgillivray Brit. Birds II. 114.] |