gorcrown.
/ˈɡɔːkrəʊ/ The Carrion Crow.
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1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. ii. sig. B3v Rauen, and gor-Crowe, all my birds of prey, That thinke me turning carcasse, now they come. View more context for this quotation
1632 S. Marmion Hollands Leaguer iv. iii, in Dram. Wks. (1875) 71 Out of the wind of me! what, do you think You can put out the eyes of a gorcrow?
1656 Choyce Drollery 67 She tript it like a barren Doe, And strutted like a Gar-crowe.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 75 It [sc. the carrion crow]..will pick out the eyes of young lambs..for which reason it was formerly distinguished..by the name of the gor or gorecrow.
1819 Campbell Ess. Eng. Poetry (1861) 71 Human vultures and gorecrows.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. x. 26 As the gor-crow treats The bramble-finch so treats the finch the moth.
1881 Oxfordsh. Gloss. Suppl. Gore-crow.
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