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witwall
witwall Now dial. (ˈwɪtwɒl) Forms: 6–7 witwol, 6–8 witwal, 8–9 whitwall, 6– witwall. [a. early mod.G. † wittewal(e, also † weidewal (Gesner), now widewal, wiedewal; = MLG. weddewale, early Flem. widewael (Kilian). Cf. woodwall.] † 1. The Golden Oriole, Oriolus galbula. Obs.1544 Turner Avium Præcip. ...
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whetsaw
whetile, whetned, whetsaw see witwall, whetten, whet v. 7.
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hickwall
hickwall local. (ˈhɪkwəl) Forms: α. 5 hyghwhele, 6 highwale, hucholl, hewhall, 6–7 hewel(l, 7– hew-hole. β. 7 highaw(e, heighaw, heyhoe, hiho, 7–8 high-hoe, 9 haihow; 9 heighhold. (Cf. high-hole, hecco.) γ. 6 hechewall, 6– hickwall; also 6 hicwaw, 7 hicway, 7–8 hickway. (Cf. witwall.) δ. 9 hickle, h...
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woodwall
woodwall Now dial. (ˈwʊdwɒl) Forms: 3 wude-, 3–5 wodewale, 5 -woll, wodwale, 6 wode-, woodw(h)ale, -waule, -weele, 7 -wal, woodhall, 6– woodwall. See also Eng. Dial. Dict. [ME. wodewale, ad. or cogn. w. MLG. wedewale (early Flem. widewael ‘oriolus’) f. wede wood n.1 + *wale of obscure origin. (Cf. w...
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modwall
† ˈmodwall Obs. Also 7–8 mud-, 8 mid-. A variant or corruption, in old Dictionaries, for woodwall or witwall.1572 Huloet, Modwall a byrde which destroyeth bees, apiastra. 1657 C. Beck Univ. Char. I ij, A mudwall or wood pecker bird. 1658 Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 901 The nests of Swallowes, M...
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loriot
loriot (ˈlɒrɪət) Also 7 loriote, lariot, lorion. [a. F. loriot (also lorion Cotgr.), a corruption (due to misapprehension of the prefixed article) of OF. oriot, altered form of oriole oriole.] The Golden Oriole, Oriolus galbula.1601 Holland Pliny I. 287 The Witwall or Lariot..is all ouer yellow. Ibi...
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woodpecker
woodpecker (ˈwʊdˌpɛkə(r)) Also 7 -picker. [f. wood n.1 + peck v.1 + -er1. (Cf. the Gr. names δρυ(ο)κολάπτης, δρυοκόλαψ, δρυοκόπος, f. δρῦς tree + κολάπτειν to peck, κοπ- to strike.)] 1. a. A bird of the family Picidæ, esp. of the sub-family Picinæ, comprising very numerous genera and species found i...
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