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ˈgoldspink Sc. and dial.
Also gowdspink.
[f. gold1 + spink. Cf. goldfinch and Sw. dial gulspink (gul yellow), the yellow-hammer and titmouse.]
1. The goldfinch. Chiefly Sc.
1513Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 240 Goldspynk and lyntquhyte fordynnand the lyft. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 39 The grene serene sang sueit, quhen the gold spynk chantit. 1724Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1775) I. 21 Nansy's to the Green-wood gane, To hear the gowdspink chatt'ring. 1787Burns Humble Petit. Bruar Water vi, The gowdspink, music's gayest child. 1882Lanc. Gloss., Goldspink, gowdspink, a goldfinch.
2. dial. The yellow-hammer.
1788W. Marshall Yorksh. Gloss., Goldspink, the bird, yellowhammer. 1864Atkinson Prov. Names Birds. |