Haybird

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
     to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.]
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     1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including
        many species, most of which are characterized often used
        as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A


        wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." --Sir W.
        Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the
        person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
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              And I must wear the willow garland
              For him that's dead or false to me.   --Campbell.
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     2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is
        opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
        projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded
        with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
        been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,
        though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the
        winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called
        also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}.
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     {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See
        under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}.
  
     {Willow biter} (Zool.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     {Willow fly} (Zool.), a greenish European stone fly
        ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}.
  
     {Willow gall} (Zool.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
        willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
        strobiloides}).
  
     {Willow grouse} (Zool.), the white ptarmigan. See
        {ptarmigan}.
  
     {Willow lark} (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     {Willow ptarmigan} (Zool.)
        (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
            See under {Reed}.
        (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia,
            Africa, and Southern Europe.
  
     {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
        largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
        used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
        tea. --McElrath.
  
     {Willow thrush} (Zool.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's
        thrush. See {Veery}.
  
     {Willow warbler} (Zool.), a very small European warbler
        ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird},
        {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William},
        {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Haybird \Hay"bird`\ (h[=a]"b[~e]rd`), n. (Zool.)
     (a) The European spotted flycatcher.
     (b) The European blackcap.
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