Lexic.us

Definition of Birdcall

1. Noun. The characteristic sound produced by a bird. "A bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"

Definition of Birdcall

1. n. A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.

Definition of Birdcall

1. Noun. The characteristic cry of a bird ¹

2. Noun. An imitation of this cry ¹

3. Noun. A device used to imitate this cry ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Birdcall

1. the call of a bird [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Birdcall

Literary usage of Birdcall

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Book-illustration of To-day: Appreciations of the Work of Living by Wilhelm Alexander Freund, Rose Esther Dorothea Sketchley (1903)
"... wood-nurtured, untamed, setting his lusty strength against the strength of the brutes, hearing the birdcall then, and following the white bird to issues ..."

2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, William M. Lacy (1889)
"... fide holders for value are protected at law and in equity and against such equity will not interfere. birdcall r. ..."

3. Journal of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Protestant by Episcopal Church (1850)
"Elias birdcall; morning prayer was read by the ReV. Mr. Birdsall, and the lessons by the Rev. Nathaniel R. High, Deacon, and the sermon preached by the Rev. ..."

4. Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum by Francis Bacon, James Edwin Creighton (1899)
"Flattery is fowling with a birdcall. The deformity of flattery is comedy; but the injury, tragedy. To convey good counsel is a hard task. ..."

5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"birdcall, (berd'-kawl) n. ». A pipe with which fowlers allure birds, by the imitation of their notes. BIRDCATCHER, (berd'-katsh-er) n.». ..."

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