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popeler
† ˈpopeler Obs. Also 4 popler, 5 popelere. [Origin obscure: cf. poppel, OF. popelle; also f. med.L. popia spoon (Du Cange), popard.] A water-bird, the spoon-bill.1400 in Test. Ebor. (Surtees) I. 276 Aulam meam cum poplers textam, et lectum meum integrum cum costeris de rubeo cum poplers et armis mei...
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poppel
† ˈpoppel Obs. [a. OF. popelle (Neckham); cf. popeler, popard.] (?) The Spoon-bill.[a 1300 Neckham De Utensilibus Gloss. (MS. Bruges) (Godefroy), Alunbes, popelles [no gloss in MS. Cotton in Wright].] 1579 J. Jones Preserv. Bodie & Soule i. xiv. 26 Dottrel, Snipe, Godwipe, Dicken, Poppel, Bitter, He...
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popard
† ˈpopard Obs. rare. [Origin uncertain: cf. popeler, poppel. The suffix as in canard, mallard, etc.] Some kind of fowl: ? = poppel.1413 in Exeter Reg., Stafford (1886) 403 note, Dorsorium largum, operatum volucribus vocatis popardys.
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shovelard
† ˈshovelard Obs. Forms: α. 5 schovelerd, schevelard, 6 s(c)hovelarde, 6–7 shovelard; β. 5 scholard, 6 sholard, 7 shoulerd. [f. shovel n. + -ard; ? after mallard, popard; cf. the form poplerd = popeler.] The spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia. (Cf. shoveller.)α c 1440 Promp. Parv. 448/1 Schovelerd, or p...
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perer
† ˈperer Obs. Also 5 peryr. [a. AF. perer = OF. perier, F. poirier pear-tree, f. OF. peire, F. poire pear.] A pear-tree.14.. Pistill of Susan 70 (MS. P.) The palme and þe popeler, þe perer [other MSS. perie] and the ploume [MS. plowine, rime sowme]. 14.. Songs & Carols xxxi. (Warton Cl.) 36 In the m...
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poplar
poplar (ˈpɒplə(r)) Forms: 4–5 poplere, 4–6 popler, 5 poppeler, populer(e, 6 popelare, poplare, popeler, 6–7 popular, 6– poplar. [ME. popler, a. OF. poplier (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), F. peuplier, f. L. pōpul-us poplar + -ier (:—L. -ārius) forming names of trees. Cf. popple n.1] 1. a. A tree of the ge...
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holm
▪ I. holm, holme1 (həʊm) Also Sc. howm. [In sense 1, OE. holm sea, ocean, wave (only in poetic lang.); in sense 2, a. ON. holmr islet in a bay, creek, lake, or river, meadow on the shore; corresp. to OS., LG. holm hill. These are generally held to be the same word; the sense ‘hill’ (not recorded in ...
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cow
▪ I. cow, n.1 (kaʊ) Forms: sing. 1–4 cu, 3–4 ku, 3–6 cou, kou, kow, 4–7 cowe, kowe, (5 cough, 6 coowe), 3– cow. Plural cows, kine (kaɪn), north. kye (kaɪ): see below. [A Common Teut. and Common Indo-germanic word: OE. c{uacu} = OFris. k{uacu}, OS. có (MDu. koe, Du. koe, LG. ko), OHG. chuo (MHG. kuo,...
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