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clot-bird
† clot-bird Obs. [f. clot, clod + bird n.] A species of bird frequenting fallow-land; the Wheatear (Saxicola œnanthe); called also Arling, Clodhopper, and Fallow-smiter. (Erroneously applied by some to the Hawfinch, Coccothraustes vulgaris.)1544 Turner Avium Hist. 44 κυανός, Cœruleo, a clotburd, a s...
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clot
▪ I. clot, n. (klɒt) Forms: 1–5 clot(t, 4–7 clotte, (3 clute, 3–5 clote), 3– clot. [OE. clott, clot, corresp. to MHG. kloz, (klotzes), mod.Ger. klotz lump, block (of wood), pointing to WGer. klott-:—OTeut. *klutto- masc. or neuter. This word, of which few examples have come down to us from the earli...
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stonechat
stonechat (ˈstəʊntʃæt) [f. stone n. + chat n.2, ‘from the similarity between its alarm note and the striking together of two pebbles’ (Swainson).] A small bird, Pratincola (or Saxicola) rubicola, inhabiting heaths, commons, etc. in Britain and various parts of Europe. (Also called stonechat warbler....
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smatch
▪ I. smatch, n.1 (smætʃ) Forms: 2 smecch, 3 smech; 4, 6–7 smach, 5–6 smache, smatche, 6– smatch. [ME. smech, smach, app. an alteration of OE. smæc smack n.1, under the influence of smatch v.] 1. Taste, smack, flavour; † also, the sense of taste.a 1200 St. Marher. 9 On his hehe hokede neose þreaste s...
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