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A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Ital. godano by ' the bird called a witwal or woodwall ; ' and in a later edition, ' a
wittal or woodwale. ' If this be so, we may be sure that allusions were made to the
□woodwale similar to those endless allusions to the cuckoo which produced the
...
Walter William Skeat, 1885
149, says:— “ The terms Woodwele, Woodwale, Woodwall, and Wilwall, which
are only modifications of the same word, are generally considered to refer to one
of the species of our English woodpeckers, but to which. or I may add, if to either,
...
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A History of the Birds of Europe: Including All the Species ...
The terms Woodwele, Woodwale, Woodwall, and Witwall, which are only
modifications of the same word, are generally considered to refer to one of the
species of our English Woodpeckers, but to which, or, I may add, if to either, there
is some ...
Henry Eeles Dresser, 1881
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The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete ...
Wittolt (wit'ol), n, [Perhaps for unt-all, one who knows all, that is who knows but
winks at his wife's infidelity; but more probably, as Wedgwood thinks, the same
word as wit- tal, witwal, woodwale, old names for a bird in whose nest the
cuckoo's ...
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale, 1883
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The Imperial dictionary, on the basis of Webster's English ...
Sir T More. Wittolt (wit'ol), n. [Perhaps for wit-all, one who knows all, that is who
knows but winks at his wife's infidelity; but more probably, ns Wedgwood thinks,
the same word as wit- tal, witical, woodwale, old names for a bird in whose nest
the ...
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale, 1883
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English Surnames: Their Sources and Significations
... Woodwalls,' not to say some of our ' Woodwells,' we are but reminded of the
woodwale, the early woodpecker. Our ' Rains ' are but the old • Robert or William
le Rain,' another term for the same ; 8 while our ' Stars ' and ' Stares ' (' Robert ...
Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, 1901
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The river-side naturalist: notes on the various forms of ...
Chaucer calls it the Woodwale — " With chalandre and with woodwale." Nurdis,
in "The Village Curate," says: — " Now we hear The golden woodpecker, who,
like a fool, Laughs loud at nothing." If you put j-our glass upon him you will find
the ...
Edward Hamilton (M. D., F. L. S.), 1890
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
wix 1542 wolf ticket husband who makes no effort to discourage his wife's
adventuring. [SE woodwale, a bird that is often the target of a cuckoo, who lays its
egg in the woodwale's nest] wlx adj. [2000s] (UK teen} good, excellent. [WICKED
ad).
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The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I
4 urine, for firefighting, 202 Ushant (Uxent), [dép Finistère, France], 307, 408
Ushere, Roger, carpenter's mate GB, 123 Uvedale alias Evedale, Udall, Woodall
(Uvydall, Woddall, Woddalle, Woodwale), John, ViceTreasurer in the North, 43 n.
4 ...
Professor David Loades, Dr Charles S Knighton, 2013
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Ancient Engleish Metrical Romanceës
... On every braunche fate byrdes thre, Syngynge with great melody, The
lavorocke, and the nightyngale, The ruddocke, the woodwale, The pee, and the
popinjaye, The thrustele fange both nyght and daye, A The marlyn, and the
wrenne also, ...
