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partridgen. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French perdriz. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French perdriz, pertriz (c1170; Middle French, French perdrix ; in Anglo-Norman also pardis , pardriz , partriz , partreiz ), alteration of Anglo-Norman perdix (c1119; compare note below) < classical Latin perdīc- , perdīx partridge < ancient Greek πέρδικ- , πέρδιξ partridge (usually the rock partridge or the chukar partridge), probably < πέρδεσθαι to break wind (see fart v.; perhaps after the noise made by the bird as it flies away: this etymology goes back to antiquity) + -ικ-, suffix forming nouns. Compare Old Occitan perditz, perdritz, Portuguese perdiz (1188–1230), Spanish perdiz (14th cent.), Italian †perdice (1598 in Florio; now pernice (a1292); beginning of the 13th cent. as pernise).The Middle English southern forms apparently show substitution of an affricate for Anglo-Norman and Old French final /ts/; the predominantly northern forms at Forms 2 probably developed by analogy with e.g. riche n. (see β forms at that entry). The change at Forms 1 from forms ending in -ch , -che , -tch , -tche to forms ending in -dge arose in accordance with the general phonetic development whereby affricates came to be voiced in final position in an unstressed syllable; compare discussion at knowledge v. In some cases forms with final -g may show a stop rather than an affricate, and hence belong at Forms 2 rather than Forms 1. Attested earlier in surnames, as e.g. Ailwardus Pertriz (1176), Simon Pedriz (1241) (which could be interpreted as reflecting either the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word), and also in forms which are more distinctively Middle English, e.g. Robertus Patrich (1257), Philip Partrich (1260), and Christiana Pertrick (c1275). I. The bird and related uses. 1. (Frequently with unmarked plural.) the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > general or unspecified member the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Perdix (partridge) c1300 St. John Evangelist (Laud) 316 in C. Horstmann (1887) 411 (MED) A ȝong partrich he bar on his hond, and þare-with he gan pleye. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xxvi. 20 A partrich [v.r. partritch] is pursued in hillis. 1447 O. Bokenham (Arun.) (1938) 1641 (MED) Lyche to lyche euere doth applie, As scheep to scheep & man to man, Pertryche to pertryche & swan to swan. 1486 sig. biijv Let yowre spanyellis fynde a Couy of partrichys and when thay be put vpp..ye most haue markeris to marke som of thaym, and then cowple vp yowre houndys. a1500 in T. Wright (1857) 164 (MED) I hyrde the fowles syng..The parterygge, the fesant, and the sterlyng. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Apr. 118 Gloss. A Couey of Partridge. a1593 C. Marlowe (1633) iv. iv Hee hides and buries it vp, as Partridges doe their egges, vnder the earth. 1646 Sir T. Browne iii. xxv. 172 The same preservation, or rather incorruption, we have observed in the flesh of Turkeys, Capons, Hares, Partridge, Venison, suspended freely in the ayre. View more context for this quotation 1675 T. Brooks 186 David was hunted up and down like a Partridge. 1774 (Royal Soc.) 63 273 Buffon contends that the περδιξ of Aristotle does not mean the common partridge, but the bartavel. 1774 O. Goldsmith V. 206 The partridge is now too common in France to be considered as a delicacy. 1843 C. Dickens (1844) xxv. 302 Plump as any partridge was each Miss Mould. 1883 Aug. 483/2 The common European gray-partridge differs somewhat in form from our bird, which in this particular resembles more closely the red-legged partridge of Europe. 1903 C. A. Sykes 9 Bustards.., guinea-fowl and partridge, abound. 1935–9 R. Haig-Brown Black Fisherman in V. Haig-Brown (1980) xvii. 169 In his four seasons Souse proved himself on quail, snipe, pheasants and Hungarian partridges, as well as on grouse. 1974 E. Pollard et al. (1977) x. 127 The only bird which has failed to increase substantially in numbers since then..has been the common partridge, essentially a species of open farmland. 2002 28 Sept. i. 22/2 A covey of partridge—eight Frenchies (or red-legged), three native greys—scuttled across the next field. the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > colinus virginianus (bob-white) the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Bonasa > bonasa umbellus (ruffled grouse) 1578 G. Best iii.67 Our men haue eaten of their Beares, Hares, Patriches, Larkes, and of their wild foule. 1587 R. Hakluyt tr. R. de Laudonnière f. 6 As we passed throw these woods we saw..Partridges gray and redde, litle different from ours, but chiefly in bignesse. 1634 (1865) 16 Euery day they are abroad after squirrells, partridges, turkies, deere, and the like game. 1637 T. Morton ii. iv. 70 Partridges, there are much, like our Partridges of England. 1742 W. Coats (1852) 128 I observed that the hares, rabbits, foxes, and partridges, in September and the beginning of October, change their native colour to a snowy white. 1796 H. Wansey 105 The birds in greatest plenty were partridge, (more shaped like our pheasants) fly-catchers, and wood-peckers. 1809 A. Henry 53 The neighbouring woods abounded in partridges, and hares. [Note] The birds, here intended, are red grouse. 1812 A. Wilson VI. 25 The food of the Partridge [sc. Tetrao virginianus] consists of grain, seeds, insects, and berries. 1894 A. Newton et al. 696 By English colonists the name Partridge has been very loosely applied, and especially so in North America. There is sometimes a difficulty at first to know whether the Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) or the Virginian Colin (Ortyx virginianus) is intended. 1938 C. H. Matschat 208 Quail, commonly called partridges throughout the South, are very shy and timid. 1955 R. T. Peterson & J. Fisher i. 12 We discussed Newfoundland's ‘partridge’... The ‘partridge’ is not, of course, a partridge, though no Newfoundlander calls it anything else; it is the willow grouse, or willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus. 1994 Sept. 85/1 The ruffed grouse—partridge to many—is undoubtedly eastern Canada's most popular upland game. the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Francolinus 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman I. 153 I found here two new species of the genus of tetrao, one of which is called partridge and the other pheasant. 1835 T. H. Bowker Jrnl. 13 Feb. in (1996) 542/1 Miles shoots two hares two partridges and a monkey. 1866 10 287 The shore afforded..small game, such as guinea-fowl and francolin-partridge, in extraordinary numbers. 1906 W. L. Sclater IV. 213 Natal Francolin... ‘Coast Partridge’ of Natal; ‘Namaqua Pheasant’ of Transvaal Boers. 1943 D. Reitz 151 I shot birds, for partridge, pheasant and guinea fowl were plentiful. 1991 (Reader's Digest Assoc.) 260 More than one South African game bird goes by the popular name of ‘partridge,’ but the one referred to here is most likely the grey-wing partridge (Francolinus africanus). the world > animals > birds > superorder Ratitae (flightless) > [noun] > member of family Tinamidae 1890 W. H. Hudson in Feb. 281 The most characteristic pampean birds are the tinamous—called partridges in the vernacular. 1895 A. Newton Buffon and his successors saw that the Tinamous, though passing among the European colonists of South America as ‘Partridges’, could not be associated with those birds. 1990 July 451/1 Belizeans call tinamous ‘partridges’ and vermilion flycatchers ‘robin red-breasts’. the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > miscellaneous types of 1936 J. Bond 157 Ruddy Quail-Dove (Oreopeleia montana) Local names:—Partridge. 1955 Lady Taylor 91 The Ruddy Quail-dove is often erroneously referred to as the Partridge. the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > game > [noun] > flesh of game birds > specific game birds c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 3121 (MED) Of fesaunce, pertris & of crane, Þer was plente & no wane. a1425 (a1399) Forme of Cury (BL Add.) 152 in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler (1985) 132 Pokok and pertruch shul be perboiled, lardid and rosted, and eten with gyngeuer. a1500 (a1460) (1897–1973) 107 (MED) Here is to recorde the leg of a goys, with chekyns endorde, pork, partryk to roys. 1584 T. Cogan clix. 133 Pertriche of all foules is most soonest digested. 1715 S. Sewall 19 Sept. (1973) II. 798 Din'd with Fry'd Lamb and Partridge. 1834 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lxviii, in Nov. 586 Partridge-soup, hare-soup, rabbit-soup. 1974 2 Jan. 9/2 This delicious dish combined various meats—veal, pork and chicken; or game, such as partridge, rabbit and duck, all baked together in alternate layers of rich pastry. 2000 R. Sterling 44 Perhaps the most admired feathered food is the codorniz (quail). But pichón (pigeon) and perdiz (partridge) are popular too. †3. In full sea partridge. the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Soleidae (soles) > member of genus Solea > solea solea (sole) 1584 King James VI & I (1955) I. 12 Daulphins, seahorse, selchs with oxin ee And merswynis, pertrikis als of fishes race. 1633 J. Hart i. xxi. 89 The Sole is without exception a good and dainty Fish..it is for this cause called the Sea-partridge. 1672 J. Josselyn 30 Soles, or Tonguefish, or Sea Capon, or Sea Partridge. 1740 R. Brookes ii. xv. 120 The Sole..in some Countries, they stile it the Sea-Partridge. the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > member of (wrasse) 1890 Sea partridge, the gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the British coasts. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Buccinidae > genus, member, or shell of genus Dolium 1776 E. M. da Costa 125 Numbers of sea Shells are as thin as river Shells, e.g. the Paper Nautili, Partridges, &c. 1837 IX. 456/1 Dolium... Cuvier has separated the species into two sections, viz. the Tuns (Dolium) and the Partridge Tuns (Perdix of de Montfort). 1890 at Partridge Partridge shell. 1951 P. A. Morris (rev. ed.) 176 Tonna maculosa Dillwyn (Partridge Shell)... The surface does indeed remind one of the plumage of a partridge. 1975 A. P. H. Oliver 140 T. perdix..the Partridge Tun... Narrow, high-spired and rather thin. †II. Extended uses. 5. Military. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > of large guns 1635 in H. L. Blackmore (1976) I. 289 Cases of plate for Partridge. 1678 No. 1361/1 He Steered from us, falls a Stern, loaded his Guns with double Head and round Partridge. 1697 No. 3318/3 We had time enough to give her four entire Broad-sides with Round and Partrage from Aloft. 1726 G. Shelvocke vii. 262 We had no more ammunition than two round shot, a few chain bolts and bolt-heads, the clapper of the Speedwell's bell, and some bags of beach stones to serve for partridge. 1751 T. Smollett I. ii. 7 He lay along-side of the French, yard-arm and yard-arm..heaving..grapes, and round and double-headed partridges. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Partridges, grenades thrown from a mortar. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > gun for firing stones 1788 F. Grose II. Descr. of Plates p. v The partridges, a mortar that threw thirteen grenadoes and one bomb at the same time; the bomb representing the old hen, and the grenadoes the young partridges. 1823 G. Crabb Partridge (Gunn.), large bombards which were formerly used. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. a1864 J. Clare Partridge Coveys in (1998) 327 The painful gleaner twenty times a day Start up the partridge broods that glad repose Upon the grassy slip. 1995 (Nexis) 21 Sept. Sports who travel north-country woods roads are pleased with the numbers of partridge broods showing. 1851 Dec. 66/2 A partridge chick breaks its shell and steps forth into its new world. 1993 E. Hoagland 163 Glee is rarer than outrage, at least in books, and whether he is house building, boiling hasty pudding, going a-chestnuting, a-berrying, a-fishing, or looking into a partridge chick's intelligent eye..his happiness is catching. 1829 P. Hawker (1893) II. 3 This is not a professed partridge country. 1994 (Nexis) 7 June The secret of rearing children successfully..was to raise them in good partridge country, places where the land dried out quickly. 1885 Apr. 756/2 Later in the season come the shooting parties—the hot corners for pheasants, the hecatombs of rabbits, and the partridge drives. 1904 16 Sept. 4/1 The man who is principally a shooter of the grouse is asked to the best of the partridge-drives. 2001 (Nexis) 13 July (Farmlife section) 3 Although they have planned out some new partridge drives there is one she is rather doubtful about but has deferred to Game Conservancy advice on it. 1824 Ld. Byron lxvi. 38 Young Partridge fillets. 2002–3 Aspect Online Mag. Winter in www.rbs.co.uk/Personal_Finances/Credit_Cards Kangaroo and partridge fillets are transformed into an Epicurean feast and New Zealand lamb and venison loin are cooked to perfection. 1759 H. Walpole 13 Dec. (1846) IV. 7 Fourteen thousand soldiers and nine generals taken, as it were, in a partridge-net! 1843 T. Carlyle iii. ix. 246 The partridge-nets of an Unworking Dilettantism. 1870 May 351/1 The next morning Philip Martin..came over to borrow our partridge-net. 1931 46 245 Another proclamation..ordered the master of the hawks..to destroy as well all partridge nets and snares. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > pie with fowls 1723 J. Nott sig. Y7 (heading) To make a Partridge Pye. 1757 Earl of Buckingham Let. Sept. in (1824) II. 239 If the partridge-pie gives you as much pleasure as your letter did to me. 1857 E. J. Lewis (new ed.) 473 We consider such a dish on a par with partridge-pie. 2002 (Nexis) 2 June (Features) 23 The waiter gestured to a far corner of the room and explained that partridge pie was off as it was being scoffed by Father Lancelot. 1599 (1816) IV. 181/1 [He] dischargit all..subiectis..to slay..ony partridge powt befoir the aucht day of September. 1855 C. Kingsley iii [They] felt like a brace of partridge-poults cowering in the stubble. 1987 July 29/2 Experience has shown that partridge poults..acclimatise best when released between 9–11 weeks of age. 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. i. 139 Theres a partrige wing saued, for the foole will eate no supper that night. View more context for this quotation 1653 Duchess of Newcastle 72 In Wood-cockes thighs they onely delight, And Partridge wings, which swift were in their flight. a1860 J. K. Paulding (1868) 40 Item—Cold turkey. Item—A partridge wing. Item—Roast duck and onions. 1984 15 393 Someone picks up four discarded rats' feet, grills them, and announces that he has never tasted partridge wings more savory. b. Objective. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in 71 These partridge-breeders of a thousand years. 2002 (Nexis) 13 Dec. 1 (caption) Timaru partridge breeder Allan Davidson with one of the hundreds of partridges he has bred to release into the wild. 1883 Dec. 1096 Battue shooting and grouse and partridge driving. 1912 at Edward VII Partridge-driving grew to be his favourite sporting recreation. 2003 (Nexis) 6 June 65 The downland, which includes prime partridge-driving valleys, has about 11ha (27 acres) of strategically placed arable covers. the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooter > [noun] > partridge-shooter 1840 XVII. 436/1 The well known object of every European partridge-shooter. 1945 17 104/2 These aristocrats should cease to be idle partridge-shooters. 1999 (Nexis) 13 Nov. The bulk of chasseurs, from the wild boar hunters of the South to the duck and partridge shooters of the North, are tradesmen, artisans and workers. 1767 F. Fawkes (title) Partridge-shooting, an eclogue. 1832 2 311 He would be delighted with some of the finest partridge shooting in the world. 1992 21 Feb. 4/1 The other day John Entwistle..from The Who bought a day's pheasant and partridge shooting from Gerard Noel. C2. 1868 Aug. 153/2 A boy..said it [sc. the hermit-thrush] was the ‘partridge-bird’,—no doubt from the resemblance of its note, when disturbed, to the cluck of the partridge. 1955 30 180 Partridge bird (Fox sparrow, Labrador) seems to refer to the rufous-spotted coloration of the bird. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > aloe plants 1811 D. Hosack (ed. 2) 4/2 (table) Aloe..partridge breast. 1824 J. C. Loudon i. 103 A[loe]variegata, partridge-breast. 1970 I. 314/1 A. variegata (kanniedood, partridge-breast aloe) occurs in the arid Karoo and has trifarious leaves. 1996 25 May 12/4 The Partridge Breast Aloe (Aloe variegata) is best re-potted during the spring after it has flowered. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > aloe plants 1858 G. Glenny (new ed.) 191/1 The various Aloes, of which the Partridge-breasted..is at the head. 1955 tr. A. C. Muller-Idzerda 18 Aloe variegata, often called The Partridge Breasted Aloe, is very attractive with its leaves irregularly banded in green and white. 1974 S. Clapham xvii. 176 There are both tree-like and stemless species, but it is the latter that are grown chiefly, A. variegata, the Partridge-breasted Aloe, being particularly popular with its fleshy pointed leaves. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > wintergreen shrubs 1843 2 125 The vivid green leaves and bright scarlet berries of the ‘partridge bush’, or ‘Checker~berry’. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > woods of leguminous trees 1843 C. Holtzapffel I. 19 Some of the smallest palms are imported..for walking-sticks, under the names of partridge and Penang canes, etc. 1861 R. Bentley ii. iii. 685 Calamus.—Several walking-canes are obtained from species of this genus, as C. Zalacca, the Malacca cane... Partridge canes and Penang lawyers are the produce of undetermined species. 1924 C. Crampton 9 Other walking stick canes are Whangee, Dragon Canes, Partridge Canes, etc. 1981 T. C. Whitmore in B. Hora 259/3 Walking sticks are provided by Malacca cane (Calamus scipionum), the ornamental small lady palms of the genus Rhapis, for example the China or Partridge Cane (Rhapis excelsa), and Penang lawyers [etc.]. 1854 1 527 I had last year, a good stud of Partridge Cochins, which produced good chickens. 1890 May 56/2 The Partridge Cochin is of the typical black-red or Gallus bankivus coloring. 1931 No. 31. 12 Maybe the Rhode Island Reds have scratched their way into the proper preserve of the Partridge Cochins. 1857 M. Reid ix. 92 I knew they were performing what is called the ‘partridge dance’; and as I had never witnessed it, I held back a while, and looked on. 1871 C. Darwin (1890) ii. xiii. 380 In these Partridge-dances,..the birds assume the strangest attitudes. 1947 60 75 The Menominee song of the partridge dance was also attributed to a hunter who heard a partridge ‘drumming’ and and made up a song based on the sound. 2002 (Nexis) 31 Aug. 15 When the sun sets, it is time to start the Friendship Dance, followed by any number of social and animal dances throughout the night, such as Beaver Dance, Buffalo Dance, Pigeon Dance, Partridge Dance, Groundhog Dance [etc.]. 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill 320 Partridge Dove. 1956 M. Jeffrey-Smith 110 The Partridge Dove (Oreopeleia montana). 1569 T. Blague 20 He was layde vppon beds of Doune, hys bolsters stuffed with soft partriche feathers. 1691 T. Shadwell i. i. 8 Hold the Gentlewomen, bring some cold water, and flower, burn some blew inkle and Partridge Feathers, 'tis my Ladies Medicine. 1848 R. M. Ballantyne iii. 42 Their jet black hair generally hangs in matted locks.., sometimes ornamented with beads.., and occasionally with a few partridge feathers. 1938 38 177 Of special interest are the ‘hare fur’ and ‘partridge feather’ teacups in which the black and the brown seem to be struggling for supremacy. 1973 32 326/1 We succeeded in making from a single clay a perfect ‘partridge feather’ temmoku glaze. 2003 (Nexis) 5 July (Sport section) 48 Tie-in the thorax cover followed by the ostrich herl thorax and a yellow olive partridge feather by its tip. 1867 F. Francis vi. 213 The Partridge Hackle.—Dressed similarly to the last fly. 1875 II. 38/1 Among the best of these are..the wren-tail, the grouse and partridge hackles. 1991 Mar. 33/1 Then I found a number of soft flies that worked, beginning with caddis nymph patterns of olive fur, gray-brown partridge hackle, and filo plume..wound on for the head. the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Accipiter > accipiter atricapillus (hen-hawk) 1772 (Royal Soc.) 62 382 Speckled partridge hawk, at Hudson's Bay. 1883 1 iv. 53 The last named is known as the partridge or winter hawk. 1895 231 From the persistency with which this species hunts the ruffed grouse in many of the Northern States, it has received the name ‘partridge hawk’. 1959 W. L. McAtee (ed. 2) 20 Goshawk [is known as] partridge hawk. 1807 A. Young I. i. 8 The plant will fatten nothing, from..being bitter; stock even eat it with difficulty: they call it partridge-leg'd clover, with red stalks and small leaves. 1749 H. Fielding II. iv. iv. 24 I must take Care of my Partridge Mew. I shall have some..Man or other set all my Partridges at Liberty. View more context for this quotation 1797 VIII. 232/2 There are other kinds of mortars, called partridge-mortars, hand-mortars, and firelock-mortars; which last are also called bombards. The partridge-mortar..is surrounded with 13 other little mortars bound round its circumference. the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > miscellaneous types of 1823 J. Stewart 78 Solitary birds..the while-belly or white-breast, the mountain-witch, the partridge pigeon. 1842 J. Gould (1848) V. Pl. 68 Geophaps smithii..Partridge Pigeon, Residents at Port Essington. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt i. 8 The partridge pigeon (Geophaps scripta) abounded in the Acacia groves. 1956 A. C. C. Lock 115 We flushed a magnificent partridge pigeon whose habits are similar to that of the squatter pigeon. 1976 246 Partridge pigeons fly like partridges, in short, swift bursts close to the ground. 1994 46 730 A card exhibited biology text-like pictures of six wildlife species (i.e. orange horseshoe bat,..Calaby's mouse, and the partridge pigeon). a1851 L. Woodbury (1852) 413 The ivy was forced to fold closer its embrace, and the ruby partridge plum, clinging to its stem, looked drenched in dew. 1872 3 Jan. 32/3 Little Love gathered stores of bright checker berries and partridge plums. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > of large guns 1683 R. D. 153 Laden with..pieces of iron, and partridg-shot. 1769 W. Falconer sig. K4 Sachets de mitrailles, grape-shot, or partridge-shot. 1833 G. A. McCall (1868) 263 A load of partridge-shot. 1860 J. E. Erichsen (new ed.) 904 Dr. Physick removed..upwards of a thousand calculi varying in size from a partridge-shot to a bean. 1904 at Pedrero A piece of ordnance originally for discharging stones; formerly also used to discharge broken iron, partridge-shot, etc. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > wintergreen shrubs 1860 Mar. 137/2 Breathing the sweet, faint fragrance Of the hemlock and the pine, Setting my feet on the mosses And the tangled partridge-vine. 1940 9 Dec. 8/4 In Christmas seasons when holly berries are comparatively scarce, the berries of the smoke bush come as a substitute, and often of the dogwood and of the partridge vines in the woodlands. 1993 T. Coffey 231/1 Partridge-Berry, Twin-Berry. Mitchella repens... Boxberry (Mass.),... Partridge-Vine, Pheasant-Berry (Va.). Derivatives 1840 XVII. 438/2 The Partridge-like..plumage..of the..Quails. 1900 23 June 8/2 The tinamous, a partridge-like bird of South America. 1994 12 Feb. 11 While Africa is well endowed with partridge-like birds called francolins, this new species..is much more like the partridges of Asia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). partridgev. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: partridge n. Etymology: < partridge n. Compare earlier partridging n. rare. the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > hunt specific animal [verb (intransitive)] 1894 F. A. Steel (1895) 108 I don't..remember how it happened. We were partridging, I suppose. 1975 E. Leyton 21 If you had older brothers, perhaps they'd be out partridging, and they'd get a lot of partridges. 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