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▪ I. † eriff Obs.
[Of unknown etymology; the forms eiress, eress, eriss, in Dicts. appear to represent the same word.]
1. A canary-bird two years old.
c1690B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Canary Bird, Those that exceed two, are named Erisses. 1736Bailey, Erisses, eresses.
2. ‘A rogue just initiated’. (New Cant. Dict. 1725.)
▪ II. eriff
dial. form of hairif.
1796Agric. Surv. Staffordsh. 95 Eriff, Galium Aparine. |