Phlegm collected in the stomach, esp. of a hawk. (So Old French glette.) Obsolete exc. Scottish.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > parts of > digestive organs of (5) gleeta1340 Phlegm collected in the stomach, esp. of a hawk. (So Old French glette.) Obsolete exc. Scottish. gorgec1450 Falconry. The crop of a hawk. to bear full gorge: to be full fed. Hence, in opprobrious rhetorical use, the ‘maw’, devouring capacity, of a… panela1475 A hawk's stomach or lower bowel. Formerly also: †the area or feathers around a hawk's vent (cf. brail, n.1 3) (obsolete rare). glut1611 = gleet, n. 2. quid1834 English regional in later use. A cast or pellet (pellet, n.1 2b) regurgitated by a bird of prey. Now rare. |
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