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sly-goose Orkney. Also slygoose. [f. sly a. + goose n.] The sheldrake, Tadorna cornuta or T. vulpanser.1776 Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 2) II. 500 From this instinctive cunning..the natives of the Orknies to this day call them [sheldrakes] the sly goose. 1793 Statist. Acc. Scotl., Orkney VII. 546 The d...
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sly
▪ I. sly, a., adv., and n. (slaɪ) Forms: α. 3 sleh, 4 sleȝ, sleeȝ, 4–5 sleȝe, slegh(e, 5 scleȝ, sclegh; 3–4 sleyh, 4 sleih; 3 sleiȝh, 3–4 sleiȝe, 4 sleeiȝ, 5 scleyȝ; 4 sleigh(e, sleygh(e. β. 3–5 sley, 4–5 sleye, 5 scley; 4, Sc. 5–6 sle, 5, Sc. 7–9 slee. γ. 4 slyh(e, sliȝ, 4– 5 sliȝe, slyȝ(e, 4–5 sly...
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goose
▪ I. goose, n. (guːs) Pl. geese (giːs). Forms: sing. 1 gós, 3–6 gos(e, (4 guos, 5 goce), 4–7 goos, 5 ghoos, goys, (6 gosse, gouse), 6 Sc. guis(s, (guss, gwis), 6, 8–9 Sc. guse, 5– goose. pl. 1 gés, gees, 3 ges, 3–4 gies, (4 gyes, 6 giese), 3–5 gees, 4–5 geys(e, 6 Sc. geis(s)e, 4, 6 gese, (5 gess, gh...
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