10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMBER GOOSE»
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
EMBER GOOSE, the Immer of Pennant, Gesner*s Greater Doucher, a species
which inhabits the seas about the Orkney islands. " The wild fowl of these islands
are very numerous. Among these we may reckon — the Ember goose." P.
Kirkwall ...
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Norway, the road and the fell
Himin is 'heaven,' and brynia ' a corslet d,' and the compound name him-bryn got
corrupted into ymber, immer, or Ember goose. There is no apparent connection
between heavenly- mailed, Ember goose, and the fourth week in Advent, yet ...
Charles Isaac Elton,
1864
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
EMBER GOOSE, the Immer of Pennant, Ger. ner's greater Doucker^ a species
which inhabits the seas about the Orkney islands. " The wild fowl of these islands
are very numerous. Among these we may reckon — the Ember goose." P.
Kirkwall ...
4
A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting ...
Ember goose of Orkney — iii. Embcshnuda convent — xv. Emblems, Egyptian
mode of writing by — — xv. Emboa fish — — xvi. Embroidery of Cambay — viii.
Embuchi instrument of Congo xvi. Em-dou-khal — xv. Emdurman, road from Ibeit
to ...
5
A Tour in Ireland: With General Observations on the Present ...
The ember goose though not altogether so big as our land goose, yet it useth to
weigh a stone weight. It hath short wings, not able to bear up the body for fleeing,
hence it is never seen to fly, neither sit on any rock in the sea, as other fowls do, ...
6
British Birds in Their Haunts
Ember Goose, the Loon. Emberiza Cirlus 195. Citrinella, 191. hortulana, 193.
Miliaria, 188. Schreniclus, 189. Emmer or Ember Goose, the Great Northern Diver
. Emmet Hunter, the Wryneck- Erne, the Eagle. Erythaca Rubecula, 95. European
...
Charles Alexander Johns,
1862
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A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting ...
They have plenty both of land and sea fowls: as eagles, hawks, ember-goose,
claikgoose, dunter-goose, solanrgoose, swans, lyres, scarlfs, kettiwaiks, plover,
muir-fowl, duck and drake, 8:0. The king's falconer useth to go every year to the ...
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
13th). The name is the H.E. ymber, from A.S. ymbren (i.e. ymb, about, ryne,
running), a period or revolution. Ember Goose. The northern diver or loon ; called
in Norway imbrc, because it appears on the coast about the time of the Ember
days in ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer,
2001
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
EMBER-GOOSE is the best explanation; for numerous examples and references,
see ymbren in AS. Dictionary. Ihre rightly distinguishes between MSwed.
ymberdagar, borrowed from AS. and obsolete, and the Swed. tamperdagar,
corrupted ...
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A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts
The' secretary communicated an account'of' the habits' of the c9Embebgoou.
lymbus'immer, or ember-goose, by Dr. Edmonston of Lerwick. And Dr. 'Gordon
read an interesting paper,-conQr'nmesof sisting of observations and experiments
on ...