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Definition of Gray hen
1. Noun. Female black grouse.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gray Hen
Literary usage of Gray hen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hill Readers by Daniel Harvey Hill (1906)
"JOHNNY AND LITTLE gray hen extremely chase snatched conduct quarreling impolite
common thoughtfully scarcely expect poked popped Johnny ran out to the barn ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"At intervals too, the black cocks, particularly if a gray hen has been observed
... By the middle of May, the gray hen has formed a nest of loose dry grass, ..."
3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"Of undoubted cases of hybrids arising from a mixture with the gray hen, the
following are related. At я meeting of the Zoological Society on the 24th of ..."
4. Timothy's Quest: A Story for Anybody, Young Or Old, who Cares to Read it by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1894)
"he cried breathlessly ; "dear Miss Vilda and Samanthy, the gray hen did want ...
And by and by the gray hen got off to get a drink of water " — (" To det a ..."
5. Beginnings of Rhetoric and Composition: Including Practical Exercises in English by Adams Sherman Hill (1902)
"The old gray hen is sitting. The old gray hen is setting. Though set is common,
at least colloquially, in sentences like those under II, "sit" is preferable ..."
6. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell, Nathan Haskell Dole, Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor (1898)
"The last pack remembered was killed about thirty-five years ago; and within these
ten years one solitary gray hen was sprung by some beagles in beating for ..."
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