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mavis Now poet. and dial.|ˈmeɪvɪs|
Forms: 4–6 mavys, 5 mawys(se, mavyce, mauvys, maviss, 6 mavyss, Sc. maveis, maves, 6–7 mavisse, 9 dial. mavish, 6– mavis. pl. 4–6 as sing. (also 5 mavies); 7– mavis(s)es.
[a. F. mauvis masc., in OF. fem. (12–13th c.), *malvis (med.L. malvitius, 13th c.; Anglo-L. maviscus, 15th c.), = Sp. malviz (? from Fr.), Neapolitan marvizzo; the ulterior etymology is unknown.]
1. The song-thrush, Turdus musicus.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 665 Thrustles, terins, and mavys, That songen for to winne hem prys. c1440Promp. Parv. 330/1 Mavyce, byrde, maviscus, merula, fallica. c1450Holland Howlat 712 The Maviss and the Merle syngis. 1471Ripley Comp. Alch. Ep. iii. in Ashm. (1652) 115 Crowes, Popingayes, Pyes, Pekocks, and Mavies. a1529Skelton Ph. Sparowe 424 The mauys with her whystell Shal rede there the pystell. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 39 The maueis maid myrtht for to mok the merle. 1595Spenser Epithal. lxxxiv, So does the Cuckow, when the Mavis sings, Begin his witlesse note apace to clatter. 1604Drayton Owle 113 In yonder goodly Tree, Where the sweet Merle, and warbling Mavis bee. 1626Bacon Sylva §676 In Birds; Kites and Kestrels haue a Resemblance with Hawkes;..Black-birds with Thrushes, and Mauisses. 1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. ii. iv, Delightfu' notes That warble through the merle or mavis' throats. 1791Burns Lament Mary Q. Scots 13 The mavis mild wi' many a note, Sings drowsy day to rest. 1810Scott Lady of L. iv. xii, Merry it is in the good greenwood When the mavis and merle are singing. 1830Tennyson Claribel, The clear-voiced mavis dwelleth..Where Claribel low-lieth. 1849Dickens Dav. Copp. iii, ‘Like two young mavishes’, Mr. Peggotty said. 1876‘Ouida’ In Winter City viii. 237 The mavis and blackbird were singing.
transf.1821Scott Kenilw. v, I must visit this mavis [Amy Robsart], brave in apparel..and gay in temper.
2. mavis skate: a British species of Ray, Raja oxyrhyncha.
1810Neill Fishes 28 (Jam.). 1828Fleming Hist. Brit. Anim. 171 Sharp-nosed Ray... May Skate, Mavis Skate.
†3. [Perh. a different word.] Some kind of tobacco. Obs.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xxii. (Roxb.) 274/1 Sorts of Tobacco. Pig taile... Antago. Mavis. |