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stone-smatch
stone-smatch, -smitch (stəʊnsmætʃ, -smɪtʃ) Also -smach, -smich, corruptly -smick, -smickle. [f. stone n. + smatch n.2 Cf. G. steinschmätzer.] A name for the stonechat (also applied to the wheat-ear).1668 Wilkins Real Char. 151 Living..upon stony places or open Heaths..Stone Smich. a 1672 Willughby O...
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stonechat
stonechat (ˈstəʊntʃæt) [f. stone n. + chat n.2, ‘from the similarity between its alarm note and the striking together of two pebbles’ (Swainson).] A small bird, Pratincola (or Saxicola) rubicola, inhabiting heaths, commons, etc. in Britain and various parts of Europe. (Also called stonechat warbler....
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▪ I. stone, n. (stəʊn) Forms: 1–3 (4–5 Sc. and north.) stan, 3 stæn, 3–5 ston, 4–5 sten, 4–6 stoon (5–6 stoone), 4–9 (Sc. and north.) stane, 5 Sc. stayne, (stein), 5– 7 stonne, 6 stoan(e, steane, 6–7 Sc. stain(e, 7 Sc., 8–9 dial. stean, 4– stone. [Common Teut.: OE. stán str. masc. corresponds to OFr...
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