▪ I. † shreitch Obs. rare.
[? Representing dialectally OE. scr{iacu}c, scréc ‘turdus’: see shrike n.2]
The missel-thrush, shrite.
Cf. the local names holm-screech, screech-thrush, shrike-cock.
| 1668 Charleton Onomast. 83 Turdus Viscivorus..the Misletoe-Thrush, or Shreitch. |
▪ II. shreitch
see shritch.