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grey-hen
grey-hen (ˈgreɪhɛn) The female of the Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix), the heath-hen. (The male is called the blackcock.)? 1427 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 542 Wyld foulis, sic as pertrikis, pluveris, black cockis, gray hennis. 1618 Naworth Househ. Bks. (Surtees) 79, 2 gray hens. 1787 G. White Selbor...
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heath-hen
ˈheath-hen a. The female of the heath-cock; the Grey-hen. b. Applied in N. America to species of grouse.1591 Shuttleworth Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 66 A lade of Alexander Bradshawes w{supc}{suph} broughte hethe henes iiijd. 1670 D. Denton Descr. New York (1845) 5 Wild Fowl there is great store of, as Turk...
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grouse
▪ I. grouse, n.1 (graʊs) Forms: 6–7 grows, (? grewes), 7–9 grous, (7 groose, 8 groust (?), grouss, growse), 7– grouse. [Of unknown origin; it is uncertain whether the 16th c. form grows is a sing. (used collect.) or the pl. of *grow; in the latter case cf. Giraldus Cambrensis (c 1210) Topogr. Hib. O...
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hen
▪ I. hen, n. (hɛn) Forms: 1 hen(n, hæn(n, 2–5 henn, 3–7 henne, (5 hene), 3– hen. [OE. hęnn str. f., corresp. to OLG. *hęnna (MDu. henne, Du. hen), OHG. hęnna (Ger. henne):—WGer. *hannja, deriv. of hano, OE. hana cock.] 1. a. The female of the common domestic or barn-door fowl, the male of which is t...
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