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missel-bird
ˈmissel-bird Now dial. Also 7 missle-, 8 mizzel-. [f. missel. Cf. G. mistelfink, Du. mistelvink.] = missel-thrush.1626 Bacon Sylva §556 An Idle Tradition, that there is a Bird, called a Missel-Bird, that feedeth upon a seed which many times shee cannot digest [etc.]. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii...
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Mistle thrush
The mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus), also spelled missel thrush, is a bird common to much of Europe, temperate Asia and North Africa. "Tha' art as safe as a missel thrush."
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missel
▪ I. missel (ˈmɪsəl) Forms: 1, 5 mistel, (1, 3 -il), 6 mistle, miscel, 6–7 missel(l, 7 mis(c)le, missle. [OE. mistel, (1) basil, (2) mistletoe, distinguished in the Leechdoms as eorþmistel and ácmistel respectively: corresp. to OHG. mistil (MHG., G. mistel) mistletoe, early mod.Du. mistel ‘viscum’ (...
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shrite
† shrite Obs. Also 7 shreight. [Of obscure origin: cf. shreitch and shrike n.2 (dial. = missel-thrush).] The missel-thrush.1668 Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §3. 149 Missle-Bird, Shreight. 1678 Ray Willughby's Ornith. 187 The Missel-bird or Shrite; Turdus viscivorus major. [1802 Montagu Ornith. Dict. 18...
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storm
▪ I. storm, n. (stɔːm) Also (1 stearm north.), 3–7 storme (3 steorm, storem, 5 stourme, starme). [Com. Teut. (not recorded in Gothic): OE. storm masc. corresp. to Fris., OS. (MLG., Du.) storm, OHG. (MHG., mod.G.) sturm, ON. storm-r (Sw., Da. storm):—OTeut. *sturmo-z (whence Rom. *stormo: see stour n...
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