shirlcock dial.
(ˈʃɜːlkɒk)
Also shelcock, shircock, shrillcock.
[f. shirl a. + cock n.]
The Missel Thrush, Turdus viscivorus.
| a 1790 Pegge Derbicisms, Shirl cock, a thrush. 1859 W. Dickinson Cumberld. Gloss., Shellcock,..the missel thrush. 1869 Lonsdale Gloss., Shircock, the missel-thrush. 1882 W. Dickinson Remin. W. Cumbld. 21 (Cumbld. Gloss.), I heard a shelcock sing about nine o'clock. |