† bowdledadj.
Obsolete.
Having the feathers ruffled; swelled out.
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ragged?a1513
frizzled1567
bowdled1587
haggard1615
silky1781
1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. vii. 169 Much heare left on the cheekes will make the owner looke big like a bowdled hen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1587- to knock sense into a etc
- to knock sense into a organization
- to knock sense into a person
- to knock seven bells out of a person
- to knock seven kinds of —— out of
- to knock seven kinds of —— out of a person
- to knock sideways
- to knock some sense into
- to knock some sense into a etc
- to knock some sense into a organization
- to knock some sense into a person
- to knock someone for a goal
- to knock someone for six
- to knock something out of the park
- to knock spots off
- to knock the ball out of the park
- to knock the balls about
- to knock the bottom out of
- to knock the end in or off
- to knock the hindsight out or off
- to knock the nonsense, etc, out of
- to knock the socks off
- to knock the soul bolts
- to knock the spots off
- to knock the starch out of