单词 | flur |
释义 | † flurn.1 Obsolete rare. Bird-catching. ‘A moveable perch to which a bird is tied and which the bird-catcher can raise by means of a long string.’ (Pennant). Also attributive, as flur-bird. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird > perch flur1768 stool1872 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. 332 He hath, besides, what are called flur-birds, which are placed within the nets, are raised upon the flur, and gently let down at the time the wild bird approaches them. 1797 P. Wakefield Mental Improv. (1801) I. 57 The flur-birds are braced by a silken string. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018). flurn.2 Scottish. Flue, fluff. ΚΠ 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 146 The dust and small flur separated from the cotton. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11768n.21845 |
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