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(From Coues'b " Key to North American Birds.") 
:head f AWM) : 3, lore ; 3, circuinocular region ; 4, crown (vertex}; 5, eye ; 
head (occiput}; 7. nape (Httcka}; 8, hind neck (cervix}; 9, side of neck ; 
^capuhir region ; 1 1, aorsnm, or back proper. Including ro : , netattm, or 
- thets bright, rumrli/, etc.: BeeferiViVi.] 
|; ^/-~-< ^'^Z^**' A maiden ; a girl ; a young woman. 
Tber nis no bvijrtl' so briht in honre . . . 
That hen [she| ne schal fade as n llmir. 
Kai-lii KH : I. /'"//'. (e.l. Furuivall), p. l."l. 
Hire cheerc was simple, as Irintr in I r. . 
l!,,iii. ".! ' th,- HII*,; 1. 1014. 
And by my word the Umnie bird 
In danger shall not tarry. 
"iii'll, Lord Vllln's Daughter. 
|ln this, as in other modern instances, the 
word is archaic, and is probably associated 
with ///(/' as a term of endearment.] 
bird-baiting (berd'ba'ting), . The 
catching of birds with clap-nets. 
I'ii lilimi. 
bird-bolt 1 (berd'bolt), n. [< Wrrfi + 
bolt 1 .} A blunt-headed arrow for the 
longbow or crossbow, formerly used 
for snooting birds. It was intended 
to stun without piercing. 
bird-bolt a (berd'bolt), . [A corrup- 
tion of burbot.] A local Knglish 
. back proper, including; . ,. or "ame of the burbot .Mult;, lota. 
rt of body proper, including ro. it. and 13; 13. rump (urafyfium} ; r4, up- blTd-CajC6 (berd kal), H. A portable 
coverts; ML Mil ; 16, under tail-coverts (crfsium ]; 17. tarsus: 18. abdo- *" >*" , . , .' 
men; 19 hind toe (kalltix); x>,r<islr*u,n, including 18 and 34 ; 3r. outer or fourth UICIOSUIO IO1 I 
toe; 93, middle or third toe; 33. side of body-. 34. breast (//**): 35. primaries; bird-Call (Iterd'kal). . An inStTO- 
36. secondaries ; 37. lertiaries (Nos. 35, ao, and 37 ..re all rf.if> 1 38. primary cov- ^ " \ u .. " f v _ hir.U 
erts; *>, alula, or bastard iny. 30. greater coverts ; 3 r. median coverts; 33. lesser ineUt lor imitating tU6 Cry OI DirUS 
covens; u. "- tiun.it, including 37, ami 38 ; ^.^'^'"'"^"jj"^'^' 1 ''^' i in order to attract or decoy them. 
!^ofcolralMn,orwrM^/lm^nIUIIo(u^lll*lldlbl^4>.tM It is generally a short metal pipe, having a 
i ni.tinliblc; 42,4wo < j; 43, apex, or tip of bill: 44, totnia, or cutting cd^es circular plate at each end pierced with a 
of the hill ; 41. culmrn, or riik-c- of upper mandible, corresponding to Bonys; 46, side sma n ) lo l c 
bird-catcher (berd'kach'er), . One 
opuient of some of the feathers In most species. There who or that which catches birds, as a person, a 
are about forty species of birds of Paradise, one of the bird or an insect. 
most beautiful of which, Parttdinea, attoda, is also the best i*_j _ rt 4. rt i.4 .- /Vi&i./1 / 1ranh'iTi<y > \ Th** a*t nf 
known: it was called apxle from the fable that it was bird-Catching (I **" |" g Vh i , f 55 
always on the wing and Wl no feet, a notion which was catching birds or wild fowls, either for food or 
pleasure, or for their destruction when perni- 
cious to the husbandman. 
bird-dog (berd'dpg), n. A dog used by sports- 
men in the field in hunting game-birds, 
bird-duffer (berd'duf'er), . A dishonest deal- 
er in birds, who "makes up" his wares, either 
by painting the plumage of live birds, or by 
fabricating bird-skins, affixing false labels, 
etc. 
birdet, A Middle English form of bird. 
birder (ber'der), n. [< late ME. byrder ; < MnP, 
. i., + -er 1 .] If. A bird-catcher; a fowler. 
As the byrder beguyleth the byrdes. Viva. 
2. One who breeds birds. 3. A local English 
name of the wild cat. A r . E. D. 
bird-eye (berd'i), a. See bird's-eye. 
bird-eyed (berd'Id), . Having eyes like those 
of a bird ; quick-sighted ; catching a glimpse as 
one goes. 
Where was your dear sight, 
When It did so, forsooth ! what now i bird-tiled' 
B. Jomtm, Volpone, ill 2. 
to reach naturalisU were without feet, these having been bird-fancier (berd'fan'si-er), w. 1. One who 
removed in preparing the skins. The packets of beautiful " , .,].,,,..: ; r ,. a rinir or eollectinff birds 
orange and yellow plumes wcrn as ornaments are from taKes pleasui ing Dirus, 
this species and a near relative. /. iniiwr. I'.miuiuiiva especially such as are rare or curious. 2. A 
is a still more gorgeous bird. The king bird of Paradise, dealer in the various kinds of birds which are 
' :, is one of the most magnificent. .SV/itV- Vent i 
Bird of Paradise (Paradista afoda) 
strengthened by the fact that the specimens which used 
also given to a few species which are excluded from the 
technical definition of I'linnlineida! (which sec), (b) In 
uxtnni.. a southern constellation. See Apus, 1. Bird Of 
passage, a migratory bird ; a migrant ; a bird which regu- 
larly passes in tile spring from a warmer to a colder cli- 
mate. anl liark in the fall. See iiti^i-'ilnm am! i.<,-j</j<l,'*i-.-i. 
Bird Of peace, the dove, with reference to the story of 
Noah. --Bird of prey, any member of tile order Raptorcx 
or Aivipftrfti, as the "hawk, eairle. owl, etc. Bird of the 
year, a bird less than a year old. - Bird of wonder, the 
phenlx. Birds of a feather, persons of similar tastes and 
other of persons of like proclivities. Early bird, an early- 
riser ; one w hotels up betimes in the morning : in allusion 
t<> the proverb, "The early bird catches the worm." Man- 
calleil by chapman, a traveler in southern Africa. To 
hear a bird slug, to receive private communication ; be 
informed privately or secretly. 
I heard a bird so >/. Shak., -i Hen. IV., v. 5. 
1 If/ml ,i l>inl tinii, they mean him no I^IMK! nttiee. 
Fletcher, Uiyal Subject, iv. i 
bird 1 (berd), c. i. [< fc/n/i, .] 1. To catch 
birds; go bird-shooting or fowling. 
I do invite >"ii tu-nmn-ow innvniim to my house to break- 
fast : after, we'll a-Mi -itiiKi touctlier. 
Shalt., M. W. of \V., iii. :i. 
Hence 2f. To look for plunder ; thieve. 
V>i in. Tiiese tlay "\. is 
Xin-. That arc tiirdiii't in men's purses. 
/>'. .liittxiiii, Aleliemisl, v. ::. 
bird-t (liei'd), . [Ho. liinl, bunt, ete.j < MK. 
bird. In i'il. imi'il, bi/nl, etc.. u transpositioo f 
tin' soinewliiit less foiiinuin lirid, liridi', etc.. 
prop, a bride, Init miieh useil in poetry in I lie 
general sense of maiden,' 'girl,' with the epi- 
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bird-foot (berd'fut), a. Divided like a 
foot; pedate, as the leaves of the bird-foot 
violet, Viola, pedata. 
birdgazer (berd'ga'zer), n. [< bird 1 + gazer ; 
a tr. of L. auspex: see auspex.] An augur or 
haruspex. 
Acclus Savins, the great birdgazer of Rome. 
Treirnertne of the Christian Iteliyivn, p. 401. 
bird-house (berd'hous), n. A box, pen, or small 
house for birds; a place in which birds are 
housed. 
birdie 1 (ber'di), n. [< ft.'rrfl + dim. -ie\] 1. A 
childish diminutive of bird 1 . 2. A term of 
endearment for a child or a young woman. 
birdie 15 (ber'di), . A name about Aberdeen, 
Scotland, of the young halibut. 
birding-piecet (ber'ding-pes), . A fowling- 
piece. .s'/mA., M. W. of W., iv. 2. 
My Ixml Hinchlngbroke, I am told, hath Iiad a mis- 
chance to kill his lioy by his birdinij-piece going off as he 
was a-fowling. Pepyt, Diary, I. 420. 
bird-lime (benl'lim), . A viscous substance 
prepared from the inner bark of the holly, Ilex 
.[quifiiliiiiii, used for entangling small birds in 
order to capture them, twigs being smeared 
with it at places where birds resort or are like- 
ly to alight. 
Holly is of so \ is 
the bark of it. 
L juice, as they make birdlime of 
Bacini. Nat. Hist., 692. 
Nut /lii-'l-ifi/i,' nr Idcali pitell produce 
\ more teiuu iotis mass of clammy juice. 
llrinli'ii, tr. of Virgil's Oeorgics, iv. r.7. 
birdlime (Uenl'lini), v. t. To smear with bird- 
lime. 
bird's-nest 
When the In-art in thus binl-linifd, then it cleave* to 
everything it meet* with. 
in, A Christian's Un.wth, ii. :(. 
bird-louse (berd'lous), . One of a kind of lice 
which infest the plumage of birds. Tin- genera 
:iM'l -I'M [ s are nilliif|,,us. They are lui'stlv deplailcil 
parasitic insccU of the order J/" H I constitute 
nii'st of that order. 
birdman (berd'man), n. ; pi. birdmcn (-men). 
[< bird 1 + ia.] 1. A bird-catcher; a fowl- 
er. 2. An ornithologist. 3. One who stuffs 
birds. 
birdnest (berd'nost), f. i. To hunt or search 
for the nests of birds. 
bird-net (berd'net), M. A net used for catch- 
ing birds. 
bird-organ (berd'or'gan), H. A small barrel- 
organ used in teaching birds to whistle tunes. 
bird-plant (berd ' plant), H. A lobeliaceous 
plant, Ueterotoma lobelioides, from Mexico, with 
yellow irregular flowers somewhat resembling 
a bird. Also called canary-bird Jlotccr. 
bird's-bread (berdz'bred), n. A name of the 
common stonecrop, to-tin m m-r, . 
bird-seed (b6rd'sed), n. Small seeds used for 
feeding birds, as those of hemp or millet ; more 
specifically, the seed of Plialaris Canarieiisis, or 
canary-grass. 
bird's-eye (berdz'l), . and a. I. n. 1. In hot. : 
() The pheasant's-eye, Adonis aiitumnalu. (b) 
The speedwell, Veronica Cliamadrys : BO named 
from its bright-blue flower, (c) A species of 
primrose, Primula farinosa. 2. A fine kind 
of tobacco, partly manufactured from the leaf- 
stalks of the plant, and forming, when ready 
for use, a loose fibrous mass with thin slices 
of stalk interspersed, the latter marked some- 
what like a bird's eye. Red bird's-eye, the herb- 
robert, Geranium Hobertianum. 
II. a. 1. Seen from above, as if by a flying 
bird ; embraced at a glance ; hence, general ; 
not minute or entering into details: as, a 
bird's-eye landscape ; a bird's-eye view of a sub- 
ject. 
Thereupon she took 
A bird's-eye view of all the ungracious past. 
Tennyjton, Princess, il. 
2. Resembling a bird's eye; having spots or 
markings somewhat resembling birds' eyes. 
He wore a blue bird'i-nje handkerchief round his neck. 
Huyht*, Tom Brown at Oxford, xviil. 
Bird's-eye crape , diaper, limestone, maple, etc. See 
the nouns. Bird's-eye view, a mode of perspective 
representation in which portions of country, towns, etc., 
appear as they would if viewed from a considerable ele- 
vation. 
bird's-foot (berdz'fut), . 1. A common name 
for several plants, especially papilionaceous 
plants of the genus (trnithnpm, their legumes 
being articulated, cylindrical, and bent in like 
claws. 2. The name of a spurge, Euphorbia 
Ornithonus, of the Cape of Good Hope Bird's- 
foot trefoil, the popular name of Lotut cm niculatut : so 
called because its legumes spread like a crow's foot. See 
MM. 
bird's-mouth (berdz'mouth), M. In carp., an 
interior angle or notch cut across the grain at 
the extremity of a piece of timber, for its re- 
ception on the edge of another piece. 
bird's-nest (berdz'nest), . 1. A name popu- 
larly given to several plants ; from some sug- 
gestion of a bird's nest m their form or manner 
of growth, (a) Xeuttia Xidusavi*. a British orchid found 
in beech woods : so called because of the mass of stout in- 
terlaced fibers which form its roots, (ft) Mwuitnijia HJ/IIO- 
pityt, a parasitic ericaceous plant growing on the roots of 
trees 111 ftr woods, the leafless stalks of which resemble a 
nest of sticks, (c) A*- 
plentiful Sitlun, from 
the manner in which 
the fronds grow, leav- 
ing a nest-like hollow 
in the center, (d) The 
wild carrot, Davcun 
Carota, from the form 
of the ninU.1 in fruit. 
2. Same as crow's- 
nest. 3. fil. An 
article of com- 
merce between 
Java and China, 
consisting of the 
gelatinous brack- 
ets which the 
swifts of the fam- 
ily t'i/i>ttlidte and 
genus Ciillocalia 
attach to cliffs, 
and on which they 
build their nests. 
These so-called bird's- 
lietsi'i-ist pnncipnl- 
(,in.War,., .1; r. w/,.r,,i 1y of the inspissated 
