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† ˈbrissel-cock Obs.
[Etymology uncertain; cf. bristle v. 2. Jamieson conjectures Brazil-cock.]
A kind of fowl; ‘a turkey-cock’ (Jam.).
c1565Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. (1728) 146 (Jam.) There was..Swan, partridge, plover, duck, drake, brissel-cock and pawnies, black-cock and muir-fowl, capercaillies. |