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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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Mistle thrush
The loud call of this common and conspicuous bird also led to many old or local names, including "screech", "shrite" and "gawthrush". wikipedia.org
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shreitch
▪ 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. Oxford English Dictionary
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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throstle-cock
ˈthrostle-cock The male throstle or song-thrush; dial. the male missel-thrush.c 1300 Thrush & Night. 121 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 55 Threstelkok, thou hauest wrong. c 1386 Chaucer Sir Thopas 58 (Harl.) The þrostilcok [v.rr. thrustel-, -il-] maad eek his lay. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 203 The th... Oxford English Dictionary
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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mistletoe
mistletoe (ˈmɪz(ə)ltəʊ, ˈmɪs(ə)ltəʊ) Forms: α. 1 mistiltán, 5 mistilto, 6 myscelto, -towe, miscelto, mysteltew, misteltow, -tewe, -dew, misletoa, muscelto, 6–7 miselto, 6–8 misselto, 7 misceltow, messelto, 7–9 misseltoe, mis(s)letoe, 8–9 miseltoe, mistleto, 9 -tow, 7– mistletoe. β. 6 mysceltyne, mis... Oxford English Dictionary
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