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▪ I. † shreitch Obs. rare. [? Representing dialectally OE. scr{iacu}c, scréc ‘turdus’: see shrike n.2] The missel-thrush, shrite. Cf. the local names holm-screech, screech-thrush, shrike-cock.1668 Charleton Onomast. 83 Turdus Viscivorus..the Misletoe-Thrush, or Shreitch.▪ II. shreitch see shritch.
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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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shritch
▪ I. † shritch, n. Obs. Forms: α. 5 shryche, schryche, 6 shrich(e, 7 schriche. β. 7 shreech, shreitch. [f. shritch v.; cf. scritch n., screech n.1] 1. A screech, shriek.α 1470–85 Malory Arthur xviii. xii. 745 Sir Lauayn..gaf a grete shryche and a merueillous gryfely grone. a 1586 Sidney Arcadia (162...
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shrike
▪ I. shrike, n.1 Obs. or dial. [f. shrike v. Cf. skrike n.] = shriek n. (In first quot., a shrill note.)c 1400 Destr. Troy 346 Small briddes..With shrikes full shrille in the shire bowes. c 1450 Merlin i. 15 Whi made the childe this shrike? wilt thow slen it? a 1547 Surrey æneid ii. (1557) C j b, Th...
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