dunnock
n . 篱雀之类的鸟
篱雀之类的鸟
dunnock n 1 :
small brownish European songbird [
synonym : {
hedge sparrow },
{
sparrow }, {
dunnock }, {
Prunella modularis }]
Hedge \
Hedge \,
n . [
OE .
hegge ,
AS .
hecg ;
akin to haga an inclosure ,
E .
haw ,
AS .
hege hedge ,
E .
haybote ,
D .
hegge ,
OHG .
hegga ,
G .
hecke . [
root ]
12 .
See {
Haw }
a hedge .]
A thicket of bushes ,
usually thorn bushes ;
especially ,
such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land ;
and also any sort of shrubbery ,
as evergreens ,
planted in a line or as a fence ;
particularly ,
such a thicket planted round a field to fence it ,
or in rows to separate the parts of a garden .
[
1913 Webster ]
The roughest berry on the rudest hedge . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk . --
Thomson .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
Hedge ,
when used adjectively or in composition ,
often means rustic ,
outlandish ,
illiterate ,
poor ,
or mean ;
as ,
hedge priest ;
hedgeborn ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Hedge bells }, {
Hedge bindweed } (
Bot .),
a climbing plant related to the morning -
glory ({
Convolvulus sepium }).
{
Hedge bill },
a long -
handled billhook .
{
Hedge garlic } (
Bot .),
a plant of the genus {
Alliaria }.
See {
Garlic mustard },
under {
Garlic }.
{
Hedge hyssop } (
Bot .),
a bitter herb of the genus {
Gratiola },
the leaves of which are emetic and purgative .
{
Hedge marriage },
a secret or clandestine marriage ,
especially one performed by a hedge priest . [
Eng .]
{
Hedge mustard } (
Bot .),
a plant of the genus {
Sisymbrium },
belonging to the Mustard family .
{
Hedge nettle } (
Bot .),
an herb ,
or under shrub ,
of the genus {
Stachys },
belonging to the Mint family .
It has a nettlelike appearance ,
though quite harmless .
{
Hedge note }.
(
a )
The note of a hedge bird .
(
b )
Low ,
contemptible writing . [
Obs .] --
Dryden .
{
Hedge priest },
a poor ,
illiterate priest . --
Shak .
{
Hedge school },
an open -
air school in the shelter of a hedge ,
in Ireland ;
a school for rustics .
{
Hedge sparrow } (
Zool .),
a European warbler ({
Accentor modularis })
which frequents hedges .
Its color is reddish brown ,
and ash ;
the wing coverts are tipped with white .
Called also {
chanter }, {
hedge warbler }, {
dunnock },
and {
doney }.
{
Hedge writer },
an insignificant writer ,
or a writer of low ,
scurrilous stuff . [
Obs .] --
Swift .
{
To breast up a hedge }.
See under {
Breast }.
{
To hang in the hedge },
to be at a standstill . "
While the business of money hangs in the hedge ." --
Pepys .
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1913 Webster ]
Dunnock \
Dun "
nock \,
n . [
Cf . {
Dun },
a .] (
Zool .)
The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor . [
Local ,
Eng .]
[
1913 Webster ]
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