shepstaren.

/ˈʃɛpstə/

Forms: Also 1500s, 1800s sheepstare, 1600s, 1800s shepster, 1800s shepstey, shepsterd, shepstert, shipster, chepster, chepstow.

Etymology: < sheep n. + stare n.¹ The name is said to refer to the bird's habit of perching on the backs of sheep to feed on the ticks.

dialect.

The starling.

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stareeOE

starlingOE

starle?1533

shepstare1563

ship-starnel1622

starnel1709

1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. C.ii^v Somtime I wold betraye the Byrds, that lyght on lymed tree, Especially in Shepstare tyme, when thicke in flocks they flye.

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health clxiii. 135 The Stare or Shepstare.

1660 W. Blundell Crosby Rec. (1880) 296 Observe a flock of stares (or shepsters) when they are ready to lodge themselves in a dovecote.

1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum xxxiv. 129 Wing of the Shepstare, Stare or Sterling.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Stare In the north of England it is called Chepster, or Chep-Starling.

1848 Zoologist 6 2290 The starling [is called in Yorkshire] a ‘shepstey’ or ‘shepster’.

1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 225 A pair of shepstares.

1884 A. Doherty Nathan Barlow 32 The youngling chepstows creaking in the eaves.

1887 E. F. Byrrne Heir without Heritage I. viii. 136 They took wing like a flock of shepsters from a field.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shepstare
释义	shepstaren. /ˈʃɛpstə/ Forms: Also 1500s, 1800s sheepstare, 1600s, 1800s shepster, 1800s shepstey, shepsterd, shepstert, shipster, chepster, chepstow. Etymology: < sheep n. + stare n.¹ The name is said to refer to the bird's habit of perching on the backs of sheep to feed on the ticks. dialect. The starling. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Sturnidae > genus Sturnus > sturnus vulgaris (starling) stareeOE starlingOE starle?1533 shepstare1563 ship-starnel1622 starnel1709 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. C.ii^v Somtime I wold betraye the Byrds, that lyght on lymed tree, Especially in Shepstare tyme, when thicke in flocks they flye. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health clxiii. 135 The Stare or Shepstare. 1660 W. Blundell Crosby Rec. (1880) 296 Observe a flock of stares (or shepsters) when they are ready to lodge themselves in a dovecote. 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum xxxiv. 129 Wing of the Shepstare, Stare or Sterling. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Stare In the north of England it is called Chepster, or Chep-Starling. 1848 Zoologist 6 2290 The starling [is called in Yorkshire] a ‘shepstey’ or ‘shepster’. 1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 225 A pair of shepstares. 1884 A. Doherty Nathan Barlow 32 The youngling chepstows creaking in the eaves. 1887 E. F. Byrrne Heir without Heritage I. viii. 136 They took wing like a flock of shepsters from a field. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1563
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