heather-bleatn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛðəbliːt/, U.S.

/ˈhɛðərˌblit/, Scottish English

/ˈhɛθərblit/

Etymology: Perversion, after heather, of the Old English name hæfer-blǽte, goat-bleater, < hæfer goat + blǽtan to bleat: from the noise which it makes in flight, associated in many languages with the bleating of a goat (Newton, Dict. Birds 885; Swainson, Prov. Name Birds 192). So German himmelziege, French chèvre-volante, Gaelic meannan-adhair air-kid, gabhair-adhair sky- or air-goat, etc.

Scottish.

The Snipe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Gallinago > galinago gallinago (common snipe)

snitec725

snipec1325

brewea1475

mire-snipea1525

heather-bleater?1590

jack snipe1664

earn-bleater1754

weather-blate1802

full snipe1824

heather-bleat1824

shad-bird1879

gutter-snipe-

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 116/41 Bicoca, hæferblæte, uel pur.

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 260/3.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 361/17 Bugium, hæferblæte.]

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Heather-bleet, the mire snipe.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxxvii. 313 The snipe (which is called the heather~bleat).

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxxvii. 313 Farther off a heatherbleat whinnied.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heather-bleat
释义	heather-bleatn. Brit. /ˈhɛðəbliːt/, U.S. /ˈhɛðərˌblit/, Scottish English /ˈhɛθərblit/ Etymology: Perversion, after heather, of the Old English name hæfer-blǽte, goat-bleater, < hæfer goat + blǽtan to bleat: from the noise which it makes in flight, associated in many languages with the bleating of a goat (Newton, Dict. Birds 885; Swainson, Prov. Name Birds 192). So German himmelziege, French chèvre-volante, Gaelic meannan-adhair air-kid, gabhair-adhair sky- or air-goat, etc. Scottish. The Snipe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Gallinago > galinago gallinago (common snipe) snitec725 snipec1325 brewea1475 mire-snipea1525 heather-bleater?1590 jack snipe1664 earn-bleater1754 weather-blate1802 full snipe1824 heather-bleat1824 shad-bird1879 gutter-snipe- c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 116/41 Bicoca, hæferblæte, uel pur. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 260/3. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 361/17 Bugium, hæferblæte.] 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Heather-bleet, the mire snipe. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxxvii. 313 The snipe (which is called the heather~bleat). 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxxvii. 313 Farther off a heatherbleat whinnied. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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