scald-crown.

Forms: Also scalte-, scale-, scaul- (see also E.D.D.).

Etymology: ? < scald adj.¹

A name in Ireland for the Hooded Crow ( Corvus cornix). Also figurative.

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1834 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland 2nd Ser. 281 That one is for that poor scaldcrow there,..little Fairly.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 268 All the other scaul-crows set upon her, and pecked her to death there and then.

1879 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis (1882) I. i. 8 We tear along,..scaring dozens of white-backed scald-crows.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	scald-crow
释义	scald-crown. Forms: Also scalte-, scale-, scaul- (see also E.D.D.). Etymology: ? < scald adj.¹ A name in Ireland for the Hooded Crow ( Corvus cornix). Also figurative. ΚΠ 1834 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland 2nd Ser. 281 That one is for that poor scaldcrow there,..little Fairly. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 268 All the other scaul-crows set upon her, and pecked her to death there and then. 1879 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis (1882) I. i. 8 We tear along,..scaring dozens of white-backed scald-crows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1834
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