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bleater
bleater (ˈbliːtə(r)) [f. bleat v. + -er1.] 1. An animal that bleats, as a sheep, calf, etc.1567 Morton Gt. Bull in Harl. Misc. (1811) VII. 536 Some calves with blacke faces, as blacke soule and hys fellowes common bleaters. 1755 Gentl. Mag. XXV. 568 Swift o'er the lawns the little bleaters bound. 18... Oxford English Dictionary
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Common snipe
bleating of a sheep or goat; hence in many languages the snipe is known by names signifying "flying goat", "heaven's ram", as in Scotland by "heather-bleater wikipedia.org
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heather-bleater
ˈheather-ˌbleater Sc. and north. dial. Also -blut(t)er, -bluiter, -blooter; corrupted earn-bleater, hammer-bleat, -er. [as prec., with second element conformed to agent-nouns in -er.] = prec.a 1617 J. Burel Pilgremer in Watson Collect. (1706) ii. 27 (Jam.) The Hobie and the Hedderbluter. 1791 Statis... Oxford English Dictionary
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Snipe Loch
In Scots the snipe is variously known as a "bluiter wheep, earn-bleater, heather-bleat, mire-snipe, or moss-bleater." wikipedia.org
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earn-bleater
ˈearn-bleater, -bliter dial. [Derivation unknown; this and OE. hæferblǽte, hæfenblǽte, name of some bird, ‘bicoca, bugium’, prov. Eng. hammerbleat snipe, may possibly be various corruptions of the same word.] ‘A Scotch name for the snipe.’ (Jamieson.)1768 Ross Helenore 58 (Jam.) The earn-bleater or ... Oxford English Dictionary
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yern-bliter
yern-bliter var. earn-bleater, snipe.1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. from London in Ajax his Sp. 35 Afore the levrick or yern-bliter began to sing. Oxford English Dictionary
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Charles Dickens bibliography
Season" (1855) "The Poor Man and his Beer" (1859) "Five New Points of Criminal Law" (1859) "Leigh Hunt: A Remonstrance" (1859) "The Tattlesnivel Bleater wikipedia.org
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heather-bleat
ˈheather-bleat Sc. [Perversion, after heather, of the OE. name hæfer-blǽte, goat-bleater, f. hæfer goat + blǽtan to bleat: from the noise which it makes in flight, associated in many languages with the bleating of a goat (Newton, Dict. Birds 885; Swainson, Prov. Name Birds 192). So Ger. himmelziege,... Oxford English Dictionary
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grunter
▪ I. grunter1 (ˈgrʌntə(r)) [f. grunt v. + -er1.] 1. An animal or person that grunts; esp. a pig.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 217/2 Gruntare, grunnitor. 1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Grunidor, a grunter. 1641 Brome Joviall Crew ii. (1652) F 3, Here's Grunter and Bleater, with Tib of the Butt'ry. 1785 Grose Dict. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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blooter
▪ I. blooter, n. orig. and chiefly Sc. Now colloq. Brit. /ˈbluːtə/, U.S. /ˈbludər/, Sc. /ˈblutər/ Forms: 16– bluiter, 19– blooter Irish English (north.) 18 blootther, 19– blooter, 19– bloother [Origin unknown. Compare later blooter v. and blootered adj., and perhaps also bluter adj., blatter v., ble... Oxford English Dictionary
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margery-prater
† ˈmargery-ˈprater Cant. Obs. Also 7 mergery-. A hen.1567 Harman Caveat 83. 1622 Fletcher Beggar's Bush v. i, Or mergery-praters, Rogers, And Tibs o' th' buttry. 1641 Brome Jov. Crew ii. F 3, Here's Grunter and Bleater, with Tib of the Buttry, And Margery Prater, all drest without sluttry. a 1700 B.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Tib
Tib, n. (tɪb) Also 6 tyb, 7 tybb, tibb(e. [Perh. the same as Tib, a shortened hypocoristic form of the female name Isabel; now rather rude or slighting (exc. playfully); also with dim. -y or -ie, Tibbie, a common female name in the north. But in quot. a 1553 Tib is used as short for Tibet. A St. Tib... Oxford English Dictionary
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