gorcockn.

Brit.

/ˈɡɔːkɒk/, U.S.

/ˈɡɔrˌkɑk/, Scottish English

/ˈɡɔrkɔk/

Etymology: < gor of obscure origin (hardly, as in the case of gorcrow n., = gore n.¹) + cock n.¹ and int.

Scottish and northern dialect.

The male of the Red Grouse.

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moorcock1329

gorcock1620

1620 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 128 2 gorcocks, x^d.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 177 The Red Game, called in some places the Gorcock and More-cock, Lagopus altera Plinii.

1794 Pickering in Burns' Wks. (1809) IV. 176 Full ninety winters hae I seen, And pip'd where gor-cocks whirring flew.

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. vi. 134 'Mongst desert hills, where, leagues around Dwelt but the gor-cock and the deer.

1856 W. E. Aytoun Bothwell (1857) 48 I thought to hear the gorcock crow, or ouzel whistle shrill.

1882 J. Brown Duke of Athole in Horæ Subsecivæ 3rd Ser. 373 He was..as prompt and hardy, as heathery as a gorcock.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gorcock
释义	gorcockn. Brit. /ˈɡɔːkɒk/, U.S. /ˈɡɔrˌkɑk/, Scottish English /ˈɡɔrkɔk/ Etymology: < gor of obscure origin (hardly, as in the case of gorcrow n., = gore n.¹) + cock n.¹ and int. Scottish and northern dialect. The male of the Red Grouse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse) > male moorcock1329 gorcock1620 1620 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 128 2 gorcocks, x^d. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 177 The Red Game, called in some places the Gorcock and More-cock, Lagopus altera Plinii. 1794 Pickering in Burns' Wks. (1809) IV. 176 Full ninety winters hae I seen, And pip'd where gor-cocks whirring flew. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. vi. 134 'Mongst desert hills, where, leagues around Dwelt but the gor-cock and the deer. 1856 W. E. Aytoun Bothwell (1857) 48 I thought to hear the gorcock crow, or ouzel whistle shrill. 1882 J. Brown Duke of Athole in Horæ Subsecivæ 3rd Ser. 373 He was..as prompt and hardy, as heathery as a gorcock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1620
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