BPage 150
- English Word Bird Definition Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
- English Word Bird Definition Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
- English Word Bird Definition To catch or shoot birds.
- English Word Bird Definition Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- English Word Bird cage Definition Alt. of Birdcage
- English Word Bird cherry Definition A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.
- English Word Bird fancier Definition One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.
- English Word Bird fancier Definition One who has for sale the various kinds of birds which are kept in cages.
- English Word Bird of paradise Definition The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.
- English Word Bird pepper Definition A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.
- English Word Bird's nest Definition Alt. of Bird's-nest
- English Word Bird's-beak Definition A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
- English Word Bird's-eye Definition 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 view.
- English Word Bird's-eye Definition Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.
- English Word Bird's-eye Definition A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc.
- English Word Bird's-eye maple Definition See under Maple.
- English Word Bird's-foot Definition A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.
- English Word Bird's-mouth Definition An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States.
- English Word Bird's-nest Definition The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
- English Word Bird's-nest Definition The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.
- English Word Bird's-nest Definition An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus Neottia (N. nidus-avis.)
- English Word Bird's-nesting Definition Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.
- English Word Bird's-tongue Definition The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
- English Word Bird-eyed Definition Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.
- English Word Bird-witted Definition Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention.
- English Word Birdbolt Definition A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
- English Word Birdbolt Definition Anything which smites without penetrating.
- English Word Birdcage Definition A cage for confining birds.
- English Word Birdcall Definition A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.
- English Word Birdcall Definition An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making the sound of a birdcall.