| 单词 | our lady's hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasOur Lady's hen Our Lady's hen n. now historical (originally) the Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes; (in later use also) Scottish the skylark, Alauda arvensis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Troglodytidae > genus Troglodytes > species troglodytes (wren) wrenc725 little kingc1450 Our Lady's hena1529 jenny wren1648 regulus1678 tope1813 staga1825 kitty1825 feather-poke1831 robin1837 robin redbreasta1873 jenny1881 St. Kilda wren1884 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > genus Alauda > alauda arvensis (lark) laverockeOE larka1325 tiry-tiry-leerer1599 skylark1672 field lark1678 Our Lady's hen1701 a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. B.vii That Phyllyp may fly Aboue the starry sky To treade the prety wren That is our Ladyes hen Amen, amen, amen. 1619 M. Drayton Poems 414 The Hedge-Sparrow, and her Compeere the Wren, (Which simple people call our Ladies-Hen). 1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland v. 61 The lark some call our Ladys Hen. And some such Popish dregs are to be found. 1880 W. T. Dennison Orcadian Sketch-bk. 62 Hid wus..still waur tae sware bae the lavro', for sheu's wur Lady's hen. 2017 A. Knight Darkness Within (e-book ed.) ii. Touching Magnus sitting opposite, she pointed and said: ‘Skylarks’. He grinned. ‘We all call them Our Lady's hens’. < as lemmas |
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