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▪ I. serin1|ˈsɛrɪn|
Also 6 seryne, -ene.
[a. F. serin canary, of disputed origin; cf. Pr. serin.]
1. In early examples perh. the canary (Serinus canarius); in modern ornithology, a bird of the genus Serinus.
1530Palsgr. 269/2 Seryne a byrde, serin. 1549Compl. Scotl. vi. 39 The grene serene sang sueit. 1894R. B. Sharpe Hand-bk. Birds Gt. Brit. I. 53 A small Serin (S. pusillus) with a red forehead.
2. In full, serin finch: the finch S. serinus (S. hortulanus), a native of central Europe.
a1672Willughby Ornith. (1678) 265 It [sc. the Citril] differs from the Siskin and Serin, 1. In its ash-coloured Neck [etc.]. 1783Latham Gen. Syn. Birds II. i. 296 Serin F[inch]. 1836Partington's Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. II. 540 The Serin..is..remarkable for its small and very short bill. 1871–81Dresser Birds Eur. IV. Pl. 25 The call-note of the Serin Finch. 1882Yarrell Brit. Birds (ed. 4) II. 113 The Serin is a very popular cage-bird on the continent.
▪ II. serin2|ˈsɛrɪn|
Also serine.
[f. serum + -in1, -ine5.]
1. Chem.
a. Serum albumin.
b. Amido-glycerol.
1876tr. Schützenberger's Fermentation 84 It is not the serine which is active in this case. 1898Daily News 28 Feb. 6/4 The only hot drink we prepared was a kind of toddy made of lime juice tablets, or serine powder.
2. (See quot.)
1898Johansen in Windsor Mag. Sept. 436/2 ‘Serin’, or whey powder... This is really nothing else than pulverised whey, which we mixed with boiling water. |