单词 | modwall |
释义 | † modwalln. Obsolete. = woodwall n., witwall n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker) woodhackc1440 woodwall1490 woodpecker1530 woodhacker1548 woodpeck1552 woodspite1555 woodspeckc1560 modwall1572 eat-bill1598 speck1601 tree-jobber1601 hecco1604 eat-bee1608 knag1639 French pie1783 pie1783 nicker-pecker1787 rind-tabberer1848 peckerwood1859 nickle1885 nicker1886 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Modwall a byrde which destroyeth bees, apiastra. 1657 C. Beck Universal Char. sig. I2 A mudwall or wood pecker bird. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 901 The nests of Swallowes, Modwals [L. apiastrorum], Owls, or Wood-peckers. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Modwall, a bird which destroyeth bees. It is is called in Latin Picus Martius, being a sort of wood-pecker. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Midwall..Modwall. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) Modwall (bird), picus... Mud wall (bird), apiaster. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Apiastra Midwal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1572 |
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