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heath-cock
heath-cock The male of the heath-bird or Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix), the Blackcock; in N. America, the Canada grouse and other species.1590 R. Payne Descr. Irel. (1841) 7 Great store of wild Swannes, Cranes..Heathcocks, Plouers. 1674 Ray Collect. Words, Birds 85 The common Heath cock, Black game o... Oxford English Dictionary
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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heath-bird
ˈheath-bird A bird which lives on heaths; spec. the Black Grouse, of which the male is the heath-cock and the female the heath-hen.1683–4 W. Penn Let. to Dk. Ormonde 9 Jan. in Academy (1896) 11 Jan. 36/3 Phesants, heath-birds, Pidgeons and Patredges, innumerably. 1810 Scott Lady of L. iii. xii, Like... Oxford English Dictionary
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ruffed
▪ I. ruffed, ppl. a.1 (rʌft) Also 6 ruft. [f. ruff n.2 or v.1] 1. Wrinkled, curled. rare.1578 Lyte Dodoens v. vi. 553 Ruffed, or curled Colewurtes. Ibid. 554 The fourth kind of red Cole, is called..in Englishe Wrinckled or ruffed Cole. 2. Ruffled. rare—1.1591 Spenser Teares Muses 402 Thy gay Sonne, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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twiddle
▪ I. twiddle, n. (ˈtwɪd(ə)l) [f. twiddle v.1] An act of twiddling; a twirl or twist; also, a curl, a twirled mark or sign; a ‘grace’ in music.1774 T. Twining in Recreat. & Stud. (1882) 30 Purcell, with all his old curls and twiddles, is perfection to him. 1849 Thackeray Dinners Wks. 1901 VI. 646 The... Oxford English Dictionary
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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cock
▪ I. cock, n.1 (kɒk) Forms: 1–3 coc, 1 kok, cocc, 4–6 cok, coke, 4–5 cokke, 5 cokk, kocke, 5–7 cocke, 4– cock. [OE. cocc, coc, kok; cf. ON. kokkr (rare, according to Vigfusson only once in Edda), and F. coq (13th c. in Littré). Though at home in English and French, not the general name either in Teu... Oxford English Dictionary
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