churn-owln.

Etymology: apparently a corruption of churr-owl: see churr n., churr v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchurn-owl.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

The Goatsucker or Night-Jar; called also Jarr Owl.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus europaeus (nightjar)

goat-milker1611

goatsucker1611

nighthawk1611

nightjar1630

dor-hawk1668

churn-owl1674

fern-owl1678

goat owl1766

eve-jara1793

puckeridgea1793

moth-hunter1816

wheel-bird1817

jar-owl1832

nightchurr1837

night-swallow1840

eve-churr1861

wheeler1862

scissors-grinder1875

puck1878

spinner1885

1674 J. Ray Catal. Eng. Birds 83 Churn-owl, Fern Owl or Goat sucker, Caprimulgus.

1769 G. White Let. 2 Jan. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 62 One of these churn-owls came and settled on the cross of that little straw edifice and began to chatter.

1832–5 E. Jesse Gleanings Nat. Hist. (1843) 297.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Churn-owl, obsolescent.

1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	churn-owl
释义	churn-owln. Etymology: apparently a corruption of churr-owl: see churr n., churr v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchurn-owl. Obsolete exc. dialect. The Goatsucker or Night-Jar; called also Jarr Owl. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus europaeus (nightjar) goat-milker1611 goatsucker1611 nighthawk1611 nightjar1630 dor-hawk1668 churn-owl1674 fern-owl1678 goat owl1766 eve-jara1793 puckeridgea1793 moth-hunter1816 wheel-bird1817 jar-owl1832 nightchurr1837 night-swallow1840 eve-churr1861 wheeler1862 scissors-grinder1875 puck1878 spinner1885 1674 J. Ray Catal. Eng. Birds 83 Churn-owl, Fern Owl or Goat sucker, Caprimulgus. 1769 G. White Let. 2 Jan. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 62 One of these churn-owls came and settled on the cross of that little straw edifice and began to chatter. 1832–5 E. Jesse Gleanings Nat. Hist. (1843) 297. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Churn-owl, obsolescent. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1674
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