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单词 fowl of reif
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fowl of reif
b. Chiefly Scottish. The preying of one animal on others, predation. Chiefly in of reif: (as a postmodifier) designating a predatory animal, esp. in fowl of reif. Cf. of prey at prey n. 4a. Obsolete.
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beast of ravina1425
fowl of reif1457
ravina1626
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predacean1835
predator1908
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ravishingc1350
of reif1457
rapacious1647
predatory1668
predacious1713
raptorial1827
raptatory1836
raptatorial1857
1457 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 51/2 Anentis rukis, crawys and vþer foulys of reif.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 104 (MED) Þei are maad desseyuable ypocritis and lurkyng woluis of ref under a schepis flees.
1494 Loutfut MS in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Ref(e n.1 The wolf is a rauisant best..and for the wodnes of reiff & rapacite he deuouris & voris ony best that he findis.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 239 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 102 Thir ar na fowlis of reif..Bot mansweit..manerit & meike.
1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione s.v.Schireff Quha schuttis with culvering..at..cunning, dowe, herron, or fowle of riefe.
a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) (1946) f. 90v With hundis and rachis chais the dere and beistis of reif.
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