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moor-pout|ˈmʊəpaʊt, ˈmɔəpaʊt|
Also 7 moore poult, -pout, moorpoot, -poult, -powte, more pout, 8 moor powt, 9 Sc. muir poot, dial. moor-pot, 7– moor-pout.
[f. moor n.1 + pout: see poult n.1]
A young grouse.
1506in Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scotl. (1901) III. 333 Item, to ane man brocht quyk mure powtis to the King..iijs. 1677N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. iii. 45 How to take Rails, Quails, Morepoots, &c. 1684E. Chamberlayne Pres. St. Eng. i. (ed. 15) 6 What abundance of..heath-cocks, more-pouts, or grouse-thrushes. 1728Ramsay Lure 12 Peartricks, teals, moor-powts, and plivers. 1816Scott Old Mort. Introd., The Laird accused our Landlord, deceased, of having encouraged..the destruction of hares,..moor-pouts [etc.]. a1835Hogg Siege Roxb. iv. Tales & Sk. 1837 VI. 105, I will..smoor the transgressors like as many moor-poots. |