单词 | scald-crow |
释义 | scald-crown. A name in Ireland for the Hooded Crow ( Corvus cornix). Also figurative. ΚΠ 1834 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland 2nd Ser. 281 That one is for that poor scaldcrow there,..little Fairly. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 268 All the other scaul-crows set upon her, and pecked her to death there and then. 1879 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis (1882) I. i. 8 We tear along,..scaring dozens of white-backed scald-crows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1834 |
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