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bird's nestn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., nest n. Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive singular or genitive plural of bird n. + nest n. In β. forms < bird n. + nest n.With sense 4 compare earlier crow's nest n. 2. In uses with reference to plants (see sense 2) so called on account of the plant in question having a part which is thought to resemble a bird's nest. With sense 5 compare nest n. 7b. 1. the world > animals > birds > nest or bird defined by > [noun] a1350 in (1911) 127 41 (MED) Whose briddes nest haþ yfounde, good shal to him abounde. ?a1450 (Stockh.) (1950) 149 Þis herbe growyȝt in feldys, and it beryt a flour lyk a bryddys neste. 1530 Deut. xxii. f. xxxviiiv Yf thou chaunce vppon a byrds nest by the waye, in what soeuer tree it be or on the grounde, whether they be younge or egges, and the dame sittenge vppon the younge or vppon the egges: Thou shalt not take the mother with the younge. 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. i. 209 A Schoole-boy..ouer-ioyed with finding a birds nest . View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison No. 120. ¶1 He has caught me twice or thrice looking after a Bird's Nest. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Introd. 4 In the bird's-nests of the forest. 1994 20 Mar. b1/5 The increasing population [of wild ponies] is eating up the marsh grass and rare plants, trampling soil and bird nests, and changing the nutrient balance of the soil with their droppings. 2020 (Nexis) 30 Apr. The bird's nest is already populated by six tiny chicks. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair 1730 D. Turner 92 We..now of a sudden took the whole Work out of the Woman's Hands, made the said Ovum no more than a Bird's Nest, ready at hand for the Embrio to lodge in, 'till it can break the Shell to seek for new Quarters. 1758 17 Madam, be pleas'd to rise, Sir John's below With Bird's-Nest Wig all Frosted like a Beau. 1881 7 May 601/2 That [women] should be infected with eccentricity and affectation on the scale of the present manifestion..is deplorable. The bird's-nest hair, the pince-nez, [etc.]. 1950 A. Christie i. 16 Her curly bird's nest of grey hair was in a good deal of disorder. 2007 23 Jan. 14/4 When Boris Johnson cycles to work in the morning, his fluffy blond locks of ‘bird nest’ hair make him an easy target for awaiting paparazzi. 2. As the name of a plant with a part thought to resemble a bird's nest. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun] the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > wild carrot ?a1425 (?1373) (1938) f. 18 (MED) Daucus asminis. Dauke is an erbe þat sum men calliþ birdis nest. 1597 J. Gerard i. 873 Wilde Carrot..The whole tuft is drawne togither when the seede is ripe, resembling a birdes nest; whereupon it hath beene named of some Birds nest. 1779 Nov. 342 Wild-carrot, or Bird's nest. June. 1848 W. Gardiner 84 Wild Carrot. This is the origin of our garden carrot, and is sometimes called Bird's nest. 2014 J. Eastman 123 Queen Anne's lace stands two or three feet tall... Other names: wild carrot, bird's-nest, devil's plague. 1597 J. Gerard i. 176 Nidus auis. Birdes nest..hath many tangling rootes platted or crossed one ouer another verie intricately... It..is esteemed as a degenerate kinde of Orchis. 1776 J. Lee (ed. 3) App. 326/2 Bird's Nest, Ophrys. 1853 161 It is now called common bird's nest. 1941 R. Morse (1942) ix. 202 The bird's-nest is by no means alone among the orchids having another plant for a partner. 1746 J. Blackstone 39 Orobanche Hypopitys... Bird's Nest smelling like Primrose Roots... In a Wood near Maidstone, Kent. 1865 Dec. 204 It [sc. the order Monotropeæ] is a small tribe containing only three genera, only one of which Monotropa is represented in our native flora by a solitary species Monotropa Hypopitys (yellow bird's-nest). a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) II. 1210 In the British flora the bird's-nest orchis, the coral-root, and the bird's nest (which belongs to the Heath family) are examples. 2018 P. Marren (new ed.) ii. 30 One of the most remarkable ‘fungalscapes’ of recent years was a forest of Yellow Bird's-nests growing on a woodland bank in a dense ring, as if they themselves were the mushrooms. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > other prepared foods or dishes > [noun] 1769 E. Raffald ii. vii. 163 When you make a Hen or Bird nest [printed next], let part of your Jelly be set in your Bowl, before you put on your Flummery, or Straw. 1853 J. S. Bradley 96 Sago bird's nest.—Soak a gill of sago, and pour upon it slowly a quart of boiling water; pare and core some sour apples, and place them in a pudding-dish; pour the sago over them, and bake until the apples are soft. 1896 1 412 Bird's-nest: a fruit pudding, in which any kind of pudding fruit may be used. 2009 15 July c1/2 In baklowa the filling sits between layers of pastry, while in the bird's nest the filling sits on top. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast 1851 H. Melville xxxv. 174 With mittened fingers and hooded head he was studying the mathematics aloft there in that bird's nest. 1902 W. Bisiker xvi. 185 The bird's-nest where the look-out man is posted is on the foremast. 2011 N. Davenport viii. 68 Nicole climbed up into the bird's nest of the little schooner with the agility of a cat. 1879 9 500 A tubular epithelioma..consisting of numerous tracks of epithelial cells (without any birds' nests). 1885 A. H. Buck I. 771/1 Concentric formations known as ‘birds' nests’, which characterize the typical squamous epithelioma. 2012 106 195 (caption) Dystrophic calcification of bird nest (arrow) of a SCC [= squamous cell carcinoma] on the lower flank of a sheep. Phrases1937 E. Anderson i. 11 ‘I cased that bank in Zelton four times,’ T-Dub said. ‘It was a bird's nest on the ground, but every time something came up.’ 1977 W. Allen viii. 192 Ole Johnny's got a bird nest on the ground, don't he? All the hamburgers and tobacco he wants. 2020 @ChiliTXN 3 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 2 June 2021) He's raking in millions of dollars for him and his family and cronies. This is a bird's nest on the ground for him. Compounds1859 S. Wilks i. 181 These are large circular bodies, composed of a number of semilunar scales surrounding and covering one other, forming so many coats, and producing what has been called the bird's-nest cells, or laminated capsules. 1913 C. P. White vi. 119 In the centre of many of the cell masses the keratinised cells take the form of concentrically laminated bodies called ‘epithelial pearls’ or ‘bird's nest bodies’. 1934 4 354 So-called ‘bird's nest bodies’, of epithelioma are however never to be seen. 1829 L. M. Child 55 If you wish to make what is called ‘Bird's-nest puddings,’..take eight or ten pleasant apples, pare them and dig out the core, but leave them whole, set them in a pudding dish, pour your custard over them, and bake them. 1908 ‘Lady Polly’ 64 Bird's nest salad. Make nests of Iceland moss... Choose large plums, seed, fill with pecan nuts,..and serve with a mayonnaise thinned with rich cream. 1915 13 June 51/1 Give the children birds' nest toast with a bit of jelly for lunch. 2013 34 Bird's nest cupcakes... Treat yourself to these delicious chocolate cupcakes decorated with buttercream nests, chirpy chicks and mini chocolate eggs. C3. the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > names applied to various ferns 1831 G. Sinclair (ed. 12) Index 537/4 Bird's Nest Fern. 1845 P. N. Don (ed. 13) 700 Neottopteris vulgaris J. Smith... Bird's-nest Fern. New Holland. 1822. 1875 I. L. Bird ix. 128 The glossy, tropical-looking bird's-nest fern, or Asplenium Nidus. 2005 B. Pleasant 190 The broad, apple green fronds of the bird's nest fern are arranged in a vase shape, which gives this fern a bold, upright appearance. 1817 A. Eaton 140 Cyathus..striatus, (birdnest fungus). 1902 C. G. Lloyd 13 Crucibulum vulgare is probably the most common and widely spread bird's nest fungus that grows. 2001 (Nexis) 17 Nov. c2 If you poke low to the ground, you may find a few bird's nest fungi. 1861 5 July 5/3 Sir T. D. Acland's bird's-nest orchids were justly admired. 1906 G. A. B. Dewar 222 It is the hanging wood of the bird's-nest orchid, of Solomon's seal, and herb Paris. 2011 C. Ziegler i. 37 This variety, called the bird's-nest orchid, lives off the nutrients it receives from a symbiotic fungus. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > sweet or fruit puddings 1829 L. M. Child 55 If you wish to make what is called ‘Bird's-nest puddings,’..take eight or ten pleasant apples, pare them and dig out the core, but leave them whole, set them in a pudding dish, pour your custard over them, and bake them. 1933 L. I. Wilder vi. 45 She put a thick slice of birds'-nest pudding on his bare plate. 1983 J. F. Mariani 115 Another kind of cobbler is a western deep-dish pie with a thick crust and a fruit filling. This dish is called bird's nest pudding..in New England. 2010 @juliagrassie 8 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 2 July 2021) I want to make Bird's Nest Pudding (apples stuffed with brown sugar baked in a pastry crust). Mentioned in Little House on the Prairie! the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > other soups 1762 O. Goldsmith II. 131 I am for a Chinese dish of bear's claws and bird's nests.] 1806 J. Johnson 80 I here for the first time..tasted the famous bird's nest soup, so much esteemed in China. 1871 M. Collins II. iii. 82 Ideas..as strange to an..Englishman's brain as bird's-nest soup to his palate. 2018 (Nexis) 27 July Eating bird's nest soup in an upmarket Western restaurant was once considered the preserve of the wealthy. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > division Tetrapneumones > member of family Aviculariidae 1881 21 530 (caption) Ventral aspect of a bird's nest spider (Mygale sp), the hairs removed. 1910 II. 307/1 The larger species of Bird's Nest Spiders (Avicularia)..undoubtedly attack young birds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.a1350 |
