单词 | blue rock |
释义 | > as lemmasblue rock blue rock n. now chiefly historical a variety of the domestic pigeon that resembles the wild rock dove, Columba livia; cf. blue pigeon n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types porcelainc1530 turn-pate1611 light horseman1661 runt1661 smiter1668 helmet1676 mammet1678 Cortbeck1688 turbit1688 turner1688 dragoon1725 finicking1725 Leghorn1725 nun1725 owl1725 petit1725 trumpeter1725 horseman1735 Mahomet1735 barbel1736 turn-tail1736 frill-back1765 blue rock1825 beard1826 ice pigeon1829 toy1831 black1839 skinnum1839 splash1851 whole-feather1851 spangle1854 swallow1854 shield1855 stork pigeon1855 Swabian1855 yellow1855 archangel1867 dragon1867 starling1867 magpie1868 smerle1869 bluette1870 cumulet1876 oriental1876 spot fairy1876 turbiteen1876 blondinette1879 hyacinth1879 Modena pigeon1879 silver-dun1879 silverette1879 silver-mealy1879 swift pigeon1879 Victoria1879 visor1879 ice1881 swallow pigeon1881 velvet fairy1881 priesta1889 frill1890 1825 R. Gooch Facetiae Cantabrigienses 145 The conversation turned on the choice of the breed, and one of the bettors named the blue-rock, as the best. 1863 H. Kingsley Austin Elliot II. xvii. 233 A cage containing five-and-twenty ‘blue-rocks’. 1901 C. H. Fisher Reminisc. Falconer 134 Unwilling, as my hawks were to do much with the peewit, they constantly surprised me with their speed and splendid efforts at the very best blue rocks. 2007 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) (Nexis) 18 Dec. 8 There was even a pigeon cote in the bookbinding room where the flock of Blue Rocks were lovingly tended. < as lemmas |
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