† oxen-and-kinen.
Obsolete. Chiefly British regional.
Any of several shorebirds, esp. the ruff, Philomachus pugnax, and the dunlin, Calidris alpina. Cf. oxbird n. 1.
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oxen-and-kine1602
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1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 35 Amongst the first sort, we reckon the..Sea-larkes, Oxen and Kine, Seapies, Puffins, Pewets.
1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 8 There are also Godwits, Curlewes, and a certaine kinde of fowle that are called Oxen and Kine.
1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 680 The Dunlin..in connexion therewith Mr. Harting..reasonably refers Oxen-and-kine, by which name some apparently small wildfowl were of old times known in the west country.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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