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单词 modwall
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modwalln.

Forms: 1500s 1700s modwall, 1600s modwal, 1600s–1700s mudwall, 1700s midwal, 1700s midwall.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: woodwall n., witwall n.
Etymology: Probably originally an error for woodwall n. or witwall n.
Obsolete.
= woodwall n., witwall n.
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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).
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