Bird cherry
Bird″ cher′ry (�). (Bot.) A shrub (Prunus Padus) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Bird fancier
Bird″ fan′ci‐er (�). 1. One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.2. One who has for sale the various kinds of birds which are kept in cages.
Bird of paradise
Bird″ of par″a‐dise (�). (Zoöl.) The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males hav...
Bird pepper
Bird″ pep′per (�). A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.
Bird-eyed
Bird″–eyed′ (�), a. Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.
Bird-witted
Bird″–wit′ted (�), a. Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention. Bacon.
Bird's nest
{ Bird's″ nest′, orBird's–nest } (�), n. 1. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.2. (Cookery) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several al...
Bird's-beak
Bird's″–beak′ (�), n.(Arch.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
Bird's-eye
Bird's″–eye′ (�), 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 view.2. Marked with...
Bird's-eye (2)
Bird's″–eye′, n.(Bot.) 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.
Bird's-eye maple
Bird's″–eye′ ma″ple (�). See under Maple.
Bird's-foot
Bird's″–foot′ (�), n.(Bot.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.) (a) A genus ...
Bird's-mouth
Bird's–mouth′ (�), n.(Arch.) 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; — comm...
Bird's-nesting
Bird's–nest′ing (bẽrdz″nĕst′ĭng), n. Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.
Bird's-tongue
Bird's″–tongue′ (�), n.(Bot.) The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
Birdbolt
Bird″bolt′ (�), n. A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them. Hence: Anything which smites without penetrating. Shak.
Birdcall
Bird″call′ (�), n. 1. A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.2. An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in...
Birdcatcher
Bird″catch′er (�), n. One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.
Birdcatching
Bird″catch′ing, n. The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls.
Birder
Bird″er (�), n. A birdcatcher.
Birdie
Bird″ie (�), n. A pretty or dear little bird; — a pet name. Tennyson.
Birdikin
Bird″i‐kin (�), n. A young bird. Thackeray.
Birding
Bird″ing, n. Birdcatching or fowling. Shak.Birding piece, a fowling piece. Shak.
Birdlet
Bird″let, n. A little bird; a nestling.
Birdlike
Bird″like′ (�), a. Resembling a bird.
Birdlime
Bird″lime′ (�), n. [Bird + lime viscous substance.] An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing i...
Birdlime (2)
Bird″lime′, v. t. To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.When the heart is thus birdlimed, then it cleaves to everything it meets with.Coodwin.