| 释义 |
† caddesse, cadesse ? Obs.
= caddow, a jackdaw.
1565–73Cooper Thesaur., Monedula, a chough, a daw, a cadesse. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 79 The Caddesse was first called Monedula. 1583Stanyhurst æneis iv. (Arb.) 101 This that prat' pye cadesse labored too trumpet in eeche place. 1611Chapman Iliad xvi. 541 As a falcon frays A flock of stares or caddesses. 1655Moufet & Benn. Health's Improv. (1746) 187 The Cadesse or Jack-daw. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 248/1 The Jack Daw, or Daw, is called a Caddesse or Choff. |