gorcrown.

/ˈɡɔːkrəʊ/

Forms: Also 1600s gar-, 1700s–1800s gorecrow.

Etymology: < gor, gore n.¹ + crow n.¹

The Carrion Crow.

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1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. ii. sig. B3^v Rauen, and gor-Crowe, all my birds of prey, That thinke me turning carcasse, now they come.

1632 S. Marmion Hollands Leaguer iv. iii, in Dram. Wks. (1875) 71 Out of the wind of me! what, do you think You can put out the eyes of a gorcrow?

1656 Choyce Drollery 67 She tript it like a barren Doe, And strutted like a Gar-crowe.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 75 It [sc. the carrion crow]..will pick out the eyes of young lambs..for which reason it was formerly distinguished..by the name of the gor or gorecrow.

1819 Campbell Ess. Eng. Poetry (1861) 71 Human vultures and gorecrows.

1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. x. 26 As the gor-crow treats The bramble-finch so treats the finch the moth.

1881 Oxfordsh. Gloss. Suppl. Gore-crow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gorcrow
释义	gorcrown. /ˈɡɔːkrəʊ/ Forms: Also 1600s gar-, 1700s–1800s gorecrow. Etymology: < gor, gore n.¹ + crow n.¹ The Carrion Crow. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > genus Corvus > corvus corane (carrion crow) crowa700 crakec1320 carrion crow1528 gorcrow1607 carre-crow1611 blackneb1828 flesh-crow1885 1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. ii. sig. B3^v Rauen, and gor-Crowe, all my birds of prey, That thinke me turning carcasse, now they come. View more context for this quotation 1632 S. Marmion Hollands Leaguer iv. iii, in Dram. Wks. (1875) 71 Out of the wind of me! what, do you think You can put out the eyes of a gorcrow? 1656 Choyce Drollery 67 She tript it like a barren Doe, And strutted like a Gar-crowe. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 75 It [sc. the carrion crow]..will pick out the eyes of young lambs..for which reason it was formerly distinguished..by the name of the gor or gorecrow. 1819 Campbell Ess. Eng. Poetry (1861) 71 Human vultures and gorecrows. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. x. 26 As the gor-crow treats The bramble-finch so treats the finch the moth. 1881 Oxfordsh. Gloss. Suppl. Gore-crow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1607
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