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† ˈpernyng Obs. rare—1. [? Usually taken as vbl. n. or pr. pple. of a conjectural vb. pern, metathesized variant of prene, preen. But the passage is obscure. Perh. ‘bitwene’ governs ‘tortors and trulofez’.]13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 611 On brode sylkyn borde & bryddez on semez, As papiayez paynted pernyng...
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perne
▪ I. pern, n. (pɜːn) [ad. mod.L. pernis (Cuvier 1817), an erroneous adaptation of Gr. πτέρνις name of a kind of hawk.] A bird of the genus Pernis; the honey-buzzard.1840 tr. Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 171 The Perns or Honey Buzzards. The Common Pern..pursues insects, and principally Bees and Wasps. 1879 ...
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popinjay
popinjay (ˈpɒpɪndʒeɪ) Forms: see below. [In ME. earliest forms a. OF. (and mod.F.) papegai (12th c.), papingay (13th c. in Godef.), AF. also papeiaye (= -jaye) (1355 in Royal Wills), = Pr. papagai, Sp. papagayo, Pg. papagaio; also MHG. papagey, Ger. papagei MLG. papegoie Du. papegaai. OF. had also p...
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