cock birdn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒk bəːd/, U.S.

/ˈkɑk ˌbərd/

Etymology: < cock n.¹ + bird n.

1. A male bird; = cock n.¹ 7b.Cf. cock n.¹ and int. Compounds 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > [noun] > male

cock1324

tread-fowlc1386

cock bird1600

Tom1840

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xv. 99 And if you would haue them all henbirds, then set such egges as more round and blunt, for the long and sharpe-pointed ones are commonly cockbirds.

1770 G. White Let. 12 May in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 82 Small coveys of partridges, consisting of cock-birds alone; these he pleasantly used to call old bachelors.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 144/1 Each cock-bird [sc. ostrich] will have its fair share of incubation.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 585 In the case of the emu and the South American ostrich or Rhea, the cock bird does all the brooding.

2003 Bird Keeper June 41/2 Both species are sexually monomorphic..but the presence of singing from an individual will identify cock birds.

2. A male of the domestic chicken; = cock n.¹ 1.Recorded earliest in cock-bird height n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock

cockeOE

chanticleer?a1300

common astrologera1413

dunghill cock1561

red cock1591

cock-a-doodle-doo1604

roost-cock1606

alectryon1664

stag1730

rooster1772

doodle-doo1785

cock bird1788

1788 J. Macaulay Poems Var. Subj. 181 I fin' my spirits a' cou'd caper Maist cock-bird hight.

1845 Will Watch, Bold Smuggler I. xii. 94 American women would give the article a name utterly foreign to the thing signified, as at dinner they would blush to call a cock-bird anything but a ‘rooster’.

1926 Los Angeles Times 3 Oct. Farm & Orchard Mag. 14/3 George L. Ashton of Los Angeles won the prize for the best cock bird of the show, a Rhode Island Red.

2007 J. Hobson & C. Lewis Keeping Chickens 28/1 There is, however, no doubt that a cock bird enhances the pleasure of keeping chickens.

Compounds

† cock-bird height n. Scottish Obsolete a height equal or comparable to that of a cockerel or rooster (chiefly with reference to the stature of a child or young person).In quot. 1788 as adv., used figuratively with reference to high spirits (cf. to jump for joy at jump v. 1c).

ΚΠ

1788 J. Macaulay Poems Var. Subj. 181 I fin' my spirits a' cou'd caper Maist cock-bird hight.

1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 167 Sin' days that he was cock-bird height.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Cock-bird-hight It's a fell thing for you to gie yoursel sic airs; ye're no cock-bird-hight yet.

1863 J. G. Edgar Cressey & Poictiers ii, in Boy's Own Vol. 1 3 Body o' me, Arthur, it seems but yesterday when you were cock-bird height.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cock bird
释义	cock birdn. Brit. /ˈkɒk bəːd/, U.S. /ˈkɑk ˌbərd/ Etymology: < cock n.¹ + bird n. 1. A male bird; = cock n.¹ 7b.Cf. cock n.¹ and int. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [noun] > male cock1324 tread-fowlc1386 cock bird1600 Tom1840 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xv. 99 And if you would haue them all henbirds, then set such egges as more round and blunt, for the long and sharpe-pointed ones are commonly cockbirds. 1770 G. White Let. 12 May in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 82 Small coveys of partridges, consisting of cock-birds alone; these he pleasantly used to call old bachelors. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 144/1 Each cock-bird [sc. ostrich] will have its fair share of incubation. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 585 In the case of the emu and the South American ostrich or Rhea, the cock bird does all the brooding. 2003 Bird Keeper June 41/2 Both species are sexually monomorphic..but the presence of singing from an individual will identify cock birds. 2. A male of the domestic chicken; = cock n.¹ 1.Recorded earliest in cock-bird height n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock cockeOE chanticleer?a1300 common astrologera1413 dunghill cock1561 red cock1591 cock-a-doodle-doo1604 roost-cock1606 alectryon1664 stag1730 rooster1772 doodle-doo1785 cock bird1788 1788 J. Macaulay Poems Var. Subj. 181 I fin' my spirits a' cou'd caper Maist cock-bird hight. 1845 Will Watch, Bold Smuggler I. xii. 94 American women would give the article a name utterly foreign to the thing signified, as at dinner they would blush to call a cock-bird anything but a ‘rooster’. 1926 Los Angeles Times 3 Oct. Farm & Orchard Mag. 14/3 George L. Ashton of Los Angeles won the prize for the best cock bird of the show, a Rhode Island Red. 2007 J. Hobson & C. Lewis Keeping Chickens 28/1 There is, however, no doubt that a cock bird enhances the pleasure of keeping chickens. Compounds † cock-bird height n. Scottish Obsolete a height equal or comparable to that of a cockerel or rooster (chiefly with reference to the stature of a child or young person).In quot. 1788 as adv., used figuratively with reference to high spirits (cf. to jump for joy at jump v. 1c). ΚΠ 1788 J. Macaulay Poems Var. Subj. 181 I fin' my spirits a' cou'd caper Maist cock-bird hight. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 167 Sin' days that he was cock-bird height. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Cock-bird-hight It's a fell thing for you to gie yoursel sic airs; ye're no cock-bird-hight yet. 1863 J. G. Edgar Cressey & Poictiers ii, in Boy's Own Vol. 1 3 Body o' me, Arthur, it seems but yesterday when you were cock-bird height. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1600
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