| 单词 | feather-poke |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfeather-poke feather-poke n. (a) a bag of feathers, (b) applied to the Willow Warbler ( Phylloscopus trochilus), the Long-tailed Titmouse ( Acredula rosea), and the Wren ( Motacilla troglodytes), perhaps from the appearance of their nests. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > pillow or bolster > filled with feathers feather-poke1558 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Aegithalidae > genus Aegithalos (long-tailed titmouse) poke bag1663 pudding-poke1684 bottle tom1802 bottle tit1817 bumbarrel1817 feather-poke1831 mufflin1837 jack-in-a-bottle1838 pettichaps1851 poke pudding1851 Long Tom1853 muffler1868 hedge-jug1881 ragamuffin1885 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Troglodytidae > genus Troglodytes > species troglodytes (wren) wrenc725 little kingc1450 Our Lady's hena1529 jenny wren1648 regulus1678 tope1813 staga1825 kitty1825 feather-poke1831 robin1837 robin redbreasta1873 jenny1881 St. Kilda wren1884 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Phylloscopus > species trochilus (willow-warbler) willow-wren1766 wood-wren1794 feather-poke1831 ground-wren1837 willow-warbler1846 feather-bed1854 mealy-mouth1885 sally picker1885 ox-eye1888 1558 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 170 Two federpoks, two payre of harne sheits, two cou'letts [i.e. couerletts]. 1831 W. Howitt Bk. Seasons 91 The little willow-wren builds an oval nest after the fashion of the common wren and the feather-poke. 1839 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. 171 It's just loik thrustin yer hand up tot rist into a feather poke nest. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. When it snows we say ‘t'owd woman is shackin' her feather-poke’. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 26 Willow warbler..Feather poke. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 32 British Long-tailed Titmouse..Feather poke. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Feather poke, the wren. < as lemmas |
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