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churn-owl
ˈchurn-owl Obs. exc. dial. [app. a corruption of churr-owl: see churr n. and v.] The Goatsucker or Night-Jar; called also Jarr Owl.1674 Ray Eng. Birds 83 Churn-owl, Fern Owl or Goat sucker, Caprimulgus. 1769 G. White Selborne xxii. (1789) 62 One of these churn-owls came and settled on the cross of t...
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eve-churr
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 Wi...
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puckeridge
puckeridge (ˈpʌkərɪdʒ) [Origin obscure: connected with puck-bird; see Note s.v. puck n.2] A name of the nightjar; also, a disease of cattle attributed to the stroke or bite of the nightjar.1789 G. White Selborne, Fern-Owl (1875) 334 The country people have a notion that the fern-owl, or churn-owl, o...
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churr
▪ I. churr, n. [f. churr v.] 1. A deep or low trilled or whirring sound made by some birds, etc.1837 Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 404 A few mellow notes..intermixed at times with a sort of stifled scream or churr. 1856 Dobell Lyrics in War Time, Milkm. Song, Churr, churr! goes the cockchafer. 1...
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jarr-owl
jar-owl, jarr-owl [jar n.1 8.] A local name of the goatsucker or night-jar.1832–5 Jesse Gleanings (1843) 297 The Caprimulgus is known in different parts of England by the names of the dor-hawk,..jarr-owl, churn-owl,..and night-jarr.
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