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Definition of Gorcrow
1. n. The carrion crow; -- called also gercrow.
Definition of Gorcrow
1. Noun. (UK dialect) The carrion crow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gorcrow
1. a crow [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gorcrow
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorcrow
Literary usage of Gorcrow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"(F."i F. gourmand, 'a glutton, gormand, belly-god;' Cot. Etym. unknown; but
perhaps of Scand. origin, and really for 'gore-man;' see Gore (i ), gorcrow, &c. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"And see below. GOPHER, a kind of wood. (Heb.) In A, V. Gen. vi. 14.- Heb. gopher,
a kind of wood ; supposed to be pine or fir. gorcrow, the carrion-crow. ..."
3. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"Vulture, kite, Raven, and gorcrow,2 all my birds of prey, ч« That think me turning
carcase, now they come : I am not for 'em yet. now my clients [Re-enter ..."
4. Specimens of Early English by Richard Morris, Walter William Skeat (1879)
"... gorcrow (carrion crow). Glette, wickedness, but literally filth, dirt. Prov.
Eng. glut, slime. 31 a. ..."
5. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1895)
"... silver, and jewels; then, as a dying man, the " Fox " proceeds to give audience
to the " Vulture, kite, Raven, and gorcrow, all my birds of prey. ..."
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