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ˈmoor-fowl
[f. moor n.1 + fowl.]
1. Sc. The red grouse, Lagopus scoticus.
1506in Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scotl. (1901) III. 191 Tua wild geis and xij mure fowlis. 1632Lithgow Trav. iii. 106 Abundance of Geese,..Pigeons, Partridges, Moore-Fowle. 1773Act 13 Geo. III c. 54 §3 Pheasants, Muir Fowl, Tarmagans, Heath Fowl [etc.]. 1787Burns Tam Samson's Elegy xiii, Perhaps upon his mould'ring breast Some spitefu' muirfowl bigs her nest, To hatch an' breed. 1881J. Grant Cameronians I. iv. 56 Muirfowl, ptarmigan [etc.].
Comb.1816Scott Old Mort. i, The moor-fowl shooter has been often surprised to find him busied in cleaning the moss from the grey stones.
2. South Carolina. The ruffed grouse.
1791W. Bartram Trav. Carolina, etc. (1792) 329 The wary moor fowl thundering in the distant echoing hills.
3. Sc. moorfowl('s egg, a variety of pear.
1705Lease in W. Hector Select. Judic. Rec. Renfrew (1876) 42 That pear tree called the Muirfowl Egg. 1817Neill Hortic. in Edin. Encycl. (1830) XI. 212 The Muirfowl egg is another pear of good qualities, said to be originally Scottish. 1860Hogg Fruit Man. 202 Muirfowl's Egg. |