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Definition of Gorcock
1. n. The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse.
Definition of Gorcock
1. Noun. (chiefly British) the red grouse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gorcock
1. the male red grouse [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gorcock
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorcock
Literary usage of Gorcock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White and James Grahame: With Memoirs by Henry Kirke White, James Grahame (1856)
"... totter, the gorcock'sl call 220 Is heard from out the mist, high on the hill;
But not till when the tiny heather bud Appears are struck the spring-time ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... gorcock (gor'kok), M. [< gor- (origin obscure ; supposed to be orig. gorse,
but perhaps of Gael, origin: cf. Gael, gorm, a green or grassy plain, ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"gorcock, the moorcock : " tlie gorcock »princ« on whirring wings," 52; " whare
gor-covk« ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"VI T was then was heard a heavy sound — Dwelt but the gorcock and the deer.
As, starting from his couch of fern, 100 Again he heard in clangor stern Sound, ..."
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