单词 | nestling place |
释义 | > as lemmasnestling place nestling place n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > nest or bird defined by > [noun] > place for nestling place1589 nesting site1870 nesting station1882 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > other dwelling places > [noun] > secluded or retreat nestling place1589 hermitage1648 burrow1650 eyrie1794 nookery1824 love nest1853 nest1865 embowering1882 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks i. 14 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Crowes..glad in nestling places hie Do make a chattering. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 152 I plainly perceiv'd on the cushion, the marks of a plenteous effusion.., and already had his sluggard member run up to its old nestling-place, and ensconc'd itself again. 1880 Amer. Naturalist 14 337 Infants..peering out from their nestling place in a hood. 1972 J. Montague Song in Coll. Poems (1995) I. 118 Two swans startled me turning low over the Lee, looking for a nestling place. < as lemmas |
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