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grebe|griːb|
Also 8 griebe, greb.
[a. F. grèbe, of unknown origin]
1. The name for the diving birds of the genus Podiceps or family Podicipedidæ, characterized by a short body, flattened and lobed feet set far behind, and the almost entire absence of tail.
(great) crested grebe, the largest European species, Podiceps cristatus. eared g., P. nigricollis. Slavonian or horned g., P. auritus (or cornutus). little g., the Dabchick or Didapper, P. pluviatilis (or minor). spear-billed or western g., the æchmophorus occidentalis of North America.
1766Pennant Zool. (1768) II. 393 note, The Grebes and Divers are placed in the same genus. 1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 219 The crested Griebe. 1814P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 92, I got..18 ox-birds and 1 dusky grebe. 1863Spring Lapland 36, I fancy they confounded it [the smew] with the red-necked grebe. 1863Baring-Gould Iceland 327 Neither M. Preyer nor Mr. Fowler found the little grebe in the island. 1873G. C. Davies Mount. & Mere iii. 18 That upright, stick-like object moving along the surface is the neck and head of a great crested grebe, swimming low in the water to escape observation.
2. The plumage of the grebe.
1859W. H. Gregory Egypt I. 260, I secured the pad of the breast, which was as soft as grebe. 1899Westm. Gaz. 26 Oct. 3/2, I want everybody who owns a brown cloth costume to trim it with grebe.
3. attrib., as grebe-feathers, grebe-hat, grebe-muff, grebe-plumage, grebe-skin; grebe-cloth, a cotton cloth with a downy surface on one side.
1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, *Grebe Cloth, a cotton cloth, made very much in the style of Swan⁓skin.
1781S. E. Burney in Mad. D'Arblay's Early Diary (1889) II. 267 Part of the trimming is composed of *greb feathers.
1885Daily Tel. 22 Dec. 6/2 Protective Acts have almost banished from the markets the sea-gull and *grebe hats which were once so common.
1887Pall Mall G. 9 Aug. 5/1 Some years ago, when *grebe muffs were ‘the rage’, that rage nearly extinguished a beautiful race of birds.
1781F. Burney Let. to Mrs. Thrale 11 Jan., The [dress]..is to be trimmed with *grebeskins and gold. 1882O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. 312 Here, at all times of the day, hemp, silk, cotton, tobacco, and grebe skins are to be seen. |