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ostrichn.adj. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ostriz, ostruce. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ostriz, ostrige, and Old French ostruce (1130), ostriche (1225–50; Middle French austruche (1515), Middle French, French autruche (1549)) < classical Latin avis bird (see aviary n.) + post-classical Latin struthio strucion n. Compare post-classical Latin ostrica, ostrigius (a1250, 1400 respectively in British sources), Spanish avestruz (1379–1425), Portuguese avestruz (1611).In ancient Greek the bird was called ὁ μέγας στρουθός , or simply στρουθός ; also στρουθοκάμηλος > classical Latin strūthiocamēlus struthiocamel n. With the allusive and proverbial uses at sense A. 1b, compare French avoir un estomac d'autruche (a1664), pratiquer la politique de l'autruche (1928). The β. forms may be influenced by Romance descendants of post-classical Latin struthio with prothetic e- ; compare Spanish estruz (c1250 as estruço ), Catalan estruç (1268), Old Occitan estruci (c1070; Occitan estruci ). In form nostryche showing metanalysis (see N n.). With forms in h- compare H n. A. n. 1. the world > animals > birds > superorder Ratitae (flightless) > [noun] > member of Struthioniformes (ostrich) α. a1250 (?a1200) (Titus) (1963) 37 Ostrice for his muchele flesch & oðer swuche fuheles maken semblaunt to fleon. a1382 (Bodl. 959) Lament. iv. 3 Cruel as an ostrich [a1425 L.V. ostrig] in desert. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Job xxxix. 13 The fethere of an ostriche. 1481 W. Caxton tr. ii. xvi. 101 The hostryche by his nature eteth well yron. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria f. 317 Theyr fiete and legges are lyke the legs and fiete of the foule cauled the oystreche. 1615 G. Sandys ii. 139 Swift horses..of sufficient speed to overtake an Ostridge. 1719 E. Young Paraphr. Job in (1757) I. 211 Who in the stupid Ostrich has subdu'd A parent's care, and fond inquietude? 1794 G. Adams III. xxviii. 182 A cock, a stork, an ostridge..walk directly forwards without waddling. 1857 D. Livingstone vii. 155 The food of the ostrich consists of pods and seeds of different kinds of leguminous plants. 1896 R. Wallace xi. 223 Ostriches require to be enclosed in camps. 1955 Mar. 88/2 The largest living bird, a 125-pound ostrich, is about 20,000 times heavier than the smallest bird, a hummingbird weighing only one tenth of an ounce. 1995 13 May (Weekend section) 19/3 We also caught glimpses of the Namib Desert's wildlife: jackal, ostrich, Hartmann's mountain zebras, oryx [etc.]. 1530 tr. xliv. sig. r.i Fell and folysshe as the Oustryche. 1584 T. Cogan ix. 31 Rustickes, who haue stomacks like Ostriges, that can digest hard yron. 1589 J. Lyly B ij b Twil digest a Cathedral Church as easilie, as an Estritch a two penie naile. 1611 Job xxxix. 15 The Ostrich..leaueth her egges in the earth..And forgetteth that the foot may crush them. 1623 14 Like the Austridge, who hiding her little head, supposeth her great body obscured. 1645 J. Milton 10 Like the eggs of an Ostrich in the dust; I do but lay them in the sun; their own pregnancies hatch the truth. 1663 B. Gerbier 25 Yet ought the Clarke of the Worke to be discreet in the distributing of them [sc. nails] to some Carpenters, whose pockets partake much of the Austruches stomacks. 1834 W. Beckford II. 233 The Portuguese had need have the stomachs of ostriches. 1851 H. Melville xlix. 252 He bolts down all events, all creeds, and beliefs,..as an ostrich of potent digestion gobbles down bullets and gun flints. 1921 R. Macaulay iii. 65 Mrs. Hilary turned away her face... But she was not really like an ostrich, for well she knew that they always saw. 1951 L. Casper in H. Brickell 56 A hardened ostrich lurching her eggs in the dust as though they weren't hers. 1981 W. Foley ii. 39 He must have a digestion like an ostrich. It all went quite easily down one way, and by gum it came out with no difficulty at the other. 2001 Dec. 52/3 Don't be an ostrich, advise the debt counselling agencies: negotiate instead. the world > animals > birds > superorder Ratitae (flightless) > [noun] > rhea americana (rhea) 1581 T. Nicholas tr. A. de Zárate iii. ii. f. 47v In certaine places of Chili, were many Abstruses in the Plaines. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby 151 The American Ostrich..is frequent in the Capitania Captainship of Serigippo. 1740 Oct. 12/1 A good Quantity of dry'd Fowls, and among them a great number of Ostriches. 1813 E. Home (1814) I. 295 In the cassowaries, and American ostrich, the stones..which those birds swallow must, from their weight, force their way into the gizzard. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin III. v. 105 The ostrich..although so fleet in its pace,..falls a prey,..to the Indian or Gaucho armed with the bolas. 1859 C. Darwin xi. 349 The plains near the Straits of Magellan are inhabited by one species of Rhea (American Ostrich). a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) I. xx 585 In the case of the emu and the South American ostrich or Rhea, the cock bird does all the brooding. 1985 C. M. Perrins & A. L. A. Middleton 21/3 Rheas are large flightless birds frequently called the South American ostrich. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [noun] > feathers > type of feathers or down 1842 W. T. Brande 419/1 Estrich, the commercial name of the fine down of the ostrich. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Estridge, the fine soft down which lies under the feathers of the ostrich. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of bird > specific 1939 R. Stout xiii. 161 The brown ostrich card-case, gold-tooled. 1973 J. Drummond iii. 6 She walked from the room, carrying the jewel-case and a matching ostrich purse. 1994 R. Hendrickson 52 Custom-made cowboy boots..fashioned of leather and exotic skins like ostrich. the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > flesh of other birds 1955 L. G. Green 126 Almost everyone in South Africa has tasted ostrich biltong. 1989 I. Jones 83 Ostrich Fillet Sosaties in the pan. 1995 9 Jan. i. 2/5 The magazine..tips greater demand for wild boar and ostrich. 2003 G. Shteyngart vii. xxxii. 371 Ordering food for everybody—garden burgers for the ladies and ostrich burgers for the men. B. adj. ( attributive). the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > [adjective] the world > animals > birds > superorder Ratitae (flightless) > [adjective] > of or like an ostrich the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > having (good) appetite > greedy or voracious > of appetite or stomach 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in 34 Fie that his Ostridge stomack should disgest His Ostridge feather. 1603 T. Dekker sig. D2v So hungry is this Estridge disease, that it will deuoure euen Iron. 1635 F. Quarles iv. i. 186 When th'Ostrich wings of my desires shalbe So dull, they cannot mount the least degree. 1657 T. Wall 63 Estridge Consciences, that can digest iron but not straw. 1681 1 Nov. 2/2 What a kind of Ostrich Faith they must have, who can believe, that the Evidence..should so palpably betray themselves. 1808 T. Moore 56 Whole nations, fooled by falsehood, fear, or pride, Their ostrich-heads in self-illusion hide. 1844 E. B. Barrett 11 Jan. (1954) 212 But the squeamishness of this Age,..this Ostrich age..which exposes its own eggs, and then hides its head in the sand,..is really to me quite monstrous. 1856 F. L. Olmsted 167 The ostrich-habit of burying their heads in the ground before anything they don't like. 1877 W. Black (1878) xxx. 237 [They had] hidden themselves in their berths in order to get a sort of ostrich-safety. 1891 12 Sept. 1/2 The facts..are too damning to leave much room for an ostrich policy. 1952 D. Thomas Let. 6 Nov. in (1966) 380 These ostrich griefs were always with me. 1976 6 May 585/2 The typical ostrich-Briton of today. 1996 26 July 10/2 Such is the future EMU offers us. No wonder Labour has opted for ostrich ambiguity, favouring monetary union only with ‘real’ convergence that isn't going to happen. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. 1874 8 757 The success which has attended the ostrich-breeding farms in South Africa. 1944 M. Hadas tr. I. Elbogen iv. 136 The brothers Mosenthal..promoted ostrich breeding and were the first to supply South African ostrich feathers to Europe. 2002 (Nexis) 5 Nov. 9 More than 100 people attended the Five Rivers open day which gave an opportunity to..learn more about ostrich breeding, marketing [etc.]. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 325 Ostriche eiren beþ grettest, rounde, & ful white wiþ harde schellis and werissh sauour and heuy smelle. a1587 L. Aldersey in R. Hakluyt (1589) i. 182 In the mids [of the chapel]..is a canapie as it were of a bed, with a great sort of Estridge egges hanging at it. 1613 M. Ridley 67 Tipping of cuppes with silver, that be of Ostridge-egges. 1754 S. Bowden 9 Where ostrich-eggs, and birds presaging weather, Dry'd herbs, dry'd hams, and halcyons swing together. 1820 W. Irving Legend Sleepy Hollow in vi. 74 A great ostrich egg was hung from the centre of the room. 1995 Summer 26/2 I can see the ostrich egg would be a wonderful addition to any kitchen, but I wonder what the egg carton would look like? society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [adjective] > made of specific fur or pelt 1494 in S. Bentley (1833) 95 For an estrych Skynne for a Stomacher. 1852 31 497 The ostrich-skins are brought, that of a male selling for four or five douros. 1926–7 84/3 Ostrich skin Cigar Case..each 8/6. 1976 J. McClure xiii. 222 He was loading his pipe from an ostrich-skin pouch. ?1620 S. Rowlands B iij a Point the Feather-maker not to faile To plume my head with his best Estridge tayle. 1996 Re: House Cleaning Services in sac.general (Usenet newsgroup) 4 May The last one we had seemed to think that she could dance around the apt. for twenty minutes with an ostrich tail once a week and demand $40 for it. b. 1860 M. Reid 158 They [sc. the Chaco tribes] laugh at white men.., calling them ‘ostrich-eyed’—from a resemblance which they perceive between hairy brows and the stiff, hair-like feathers that bristle round the eyes of the rhea, or American ostrich. 1984 (Nexis) 20 July 21 There's the ostrich-eyed Racing Snail and the Rock Biter with its steamroller foot. C2. the world > animals > birds > superorder Ratitae (flightless) > [noun] > member of Struthioniformes (ostrich) 1607 E. Topsell 102 His feet like an Ostrige-Camels. 1653 H. Cogan tr. Diodorus Siculus 104 Creatures of a mixt nature..whereof some are called Austridge-camels, being derived from a camel and an austridg. 1917 H. F. Osborn vii. 213 Ornitholestes..is in turn ancestral to the remarkable ‘ostrich dinosaur’ of the Upper Cretaceous, Struthiomimus (Ornithomimus), which is bird-like both in the structure of its limbs and feet and in its toothless jaw sheathed in horn. 1986 R. Bakker xvii. 373 (caption) Ostrich dinosaurs like Struthiomimus had brains as large as modern ostriches of the same weight. the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > vessels made of other materials 1906 H. C. Moffatt 26 Exeter College..Ostrich Egg Cup. Silver Gilt Mounts. 2002 (Nexis) 5 Mar. 12 Bidding alone for the rarest item, a James I silver-mounted ostrich egg cup, dating back to 1606, is predicted to start at £50,000. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping ostriches > ostrich farm 1874 8 757 The system on which ostrich farms are conducted. 1885 A. Newton in XVIII. 63/2 The great mercantile value of Ostrich-feathers..led to the formation in the Cape Colony..of numerous ‘Ostrich-farms’. 1926 18 July 21/5 The White and Gold Room at Buckingham Palace, in which ladies sit in rows before passing into the Throne Room to curtsy to Their Majesties, is irreverently referred to on court-nights by junior members of the household as ‘the ostrich farm’. 1995 (Royal Hort. Soc.) Nov. p. iv/2 (advt.) Visit the Cango Caves and then on to an ostrich farm for lunch. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping ostriches > keeper of ostriches 1875 223 Ostrich farmers, in domesticating the bird, have apparently a regard to moral training. 1984 Feb. 36 During the ostrich feather boom thousands of Karee fencing poles were..sold to wealthy ostrich farmers in the little Karoo. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping ostriches 1873 X. 676/2 At a meeting of the Cape Agricultural Society of Cape Town, in 1864, Mr L. von Maltitz gave an account of his experience in ostrich-farming at Colesberg. 1997 26 July (Weekend Suppl.) 31/2 Ostrich farming has gone through a bit of a South Sea Bubble patch of late. the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > other ferns 1833 A. Eaton (ed. 6) 358 Struthiopteris... pennsylvanica, ostrich fern. 1900 W. Robinson (ed. 8) 827/1 Struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern), the fronds of these hardy exotic Ferns are not unlike ostrich feathers. 1973 L. Russell viii. 85 In New Brunswick a special spring treat was made by picking and boiling the young shoots of the ostrich fern, which, from their coiled shape, are known as fiddleheads. 1926 R. Karsten & E. Westermarck ix. 272 When the daughter of a great chief reaches puberty.., a banquet and drinking feast is held, at which all the men eat ostrich meat, whereas all the women eat armadillo. 1995 17 Mar. 36/8 Ostrich meat is much healthier to eat than beef, and will become the favoured protein in the next century. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > plumes or feathers 1880 Amer. Mail Order Catal. in (1961) 18 Jetted lace bonnet; trimmed with ostrich tips. 1942 E. Ferber (new ed.) vii. 147 Even her traveling hat..was relieved by its curl of gray and mauve ostrich tips. Derivatives the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > [adjective] 1599 T. Nashe 39 The red Herring..Estrich-like walkes his stations. 1634 iv. sig. Fv Estridge-like, To digest Iron and Steele! 1837 T. Carlyle II. iv. ix. 261 They can,..stick their heads ostrich-like into what sheltering Fallacy is nearest. 1881 44 294/2 It is ostrich-like, it is suicidal, to ignore the fact of its disappearance. 1895 Apr. 761 Among the existing ostrichlike types we have the Apteryx. 1944 14 64 Profound influences are continually at work causing changes in the general constitution of man, and no amount of ostrich-like behaviour will prevent their action. 1989 J. L. Caasti vi. 360 By now most of us probably wish to just bury our heads in the sand, ostrichlike. 1994 17 Sept. 17/2 A spanish fossil, the oldest known member of a family of ostrich-like dinosaurs is intriguing palaeontologists. 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