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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.
1544Turner Avium Præcip. I. 7, Χλωρίον, uireo,..Anglicè a uuituuol, Germanicè eyn witwol, oder eyn weidwail. 1601,1676[see loriot]. 1671H. M. tr. Erasm. Colloq. 514 But one can hardly guess for what reason the..Raven and the Witwal [L. chlorio]..hate one the other. 1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 198 The Witwall, as it is by some called, Galbula seu Picus nidum suspendens.
2. The Green Woodpecker (Gecinus viridis) or the Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major).
1668Charleton Onomast. 86 Picus viridis..the Hickwall, Witwall, or Green-Wood-pecker. 1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 137 The greater spotted Woodpecker or Witwall. 1844Hood Haunted House i. 62 The ringing of the Whitwall's shrilly laughter. |