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fowler|ˈfaʊlə(r)|
[OE. fuᵹelere, agent-n. f. fuᵹelian to fowl.]
1. One who hunts wild birds, whether for sport or food, esp. with nets; a bird-catcher. Now rare.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. i. §14 Ðær huntan ᵹewico don oþþe fisceras oþþe fuᵹeleras. a1225St. Marher. 3 As þe fuhel þe is fon i þe fuheleres grune. 1382Wyclif Amos iii. 5 Wher a brid shal falle into grane of erthe, withouten a fouler. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 138 The foweler we deffye, And al his crafte. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems 186 A bleryeed fowler trust not though he wepe. 1657W. Coles Adam in Eden 305 Boyes and Fowlers use the Berries [of the Ash] as Baites to catch Blackbirds, etc. 1723Lond. Gaz. No. 6222/9 Simon Teatford..Fisher and Fowler. 1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) I. 77 Fowlers catching quails among the wheat. 1879Jefferies Wild Life in S.C. 296 A fowler..had a cock chaffinch in a cage covered with a black cloth.
fig.1340Ayenb. 254 Þe herte ualþ ofte into þe grines of the uoȝelere of helle.
Comb.1685Crowne Sir C. Nice Epil., There fowler-like the watching gallant pores Behind his glove.
†2. A species of catapult. Obs.
1420Siege Rouen in Archæol. XXI. 52 A stronge fowlere there was leyde lowe..that he miȝt throwe.
†3. A kind of light cannon, esp. for use on board ship. Obs. Cf. Du. vogheler, whence Fr. veuglaire.
1548Privy Council Acts (1890) II. 197 The municions folowing..fowlers of iron xij. 1622R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea (1847) 206 Fowlers and great bases in the cage workes. 1642Sir W. Monson Naval Tracts iii. (1704) 357/1 Fowlers..are Pieces of greatest Importance, after a Ship is Boarded. |