单词 | esalon |
释义 | esalonn. Obsolete. rare. Mis-spelling of Latin æsalon, the name of a bird of prey, ‘the rust-kite or moor-buzzard’ (Lewis and Short), ‘the merlin’ (Liddell and Scott); in context of first quot. it is said to be the smallest of the buzzard kind. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] bird of prey1340 fowl of chase1340 fowl of prey1340 fowl of ravin1340 accipitera1398 mittell1457 mittane?a1513 esalon1572 boyter1578 talenter1620 prey-bird1777 raptor1783 flesh-bird1796 raptorial1856 air pirate1885 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Buteo (buzzard) pittelOE puttockc1175 buzzardc1300 esalon1572 boyter1578 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco columbarius (merlin) merlina1382 esalon1572 merlin hawk1572 stone falcon1656 stone hawk1736 pigeon hawka1782 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 27 Enemye to them [Ravens] is a lyttle Byrde called Easalon, which breaketh theire egges. 1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. i. xviii. 42 There is..a bitter enmity betwixt the litle bird called Esalon [L. egithus], and the Asse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1572 |
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