Heath-fowl; in contradistinction to red game, as grouse. The male bird is called a blackcock. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black GenevanBlack Friday A B…
A dweller on a heath or common. Christian doctrines would not reach these remote people till long after they had been accepted in towns, and even villages. (Anglo-Saxon, hæthen, hæth. (See…
(The). The autumnal summer; generally the finest and mildest part of the whole year, especially in North America. “The gilding of the Indian summer mellowed the pastures far and wide. The…
in Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel, is designed for Dr. Compton, Bishop of London; he was son of the Earl of Northampton, who fell in the royal cause at the battle of Hopton Heath. The…
includes hares, pheasants, partridges, grouse, heath-game, or moor-game, black-game, and bustards. (Game Act, 1, 2, Will. IV.) (See Sporting Season.) Game Two can play at that game. If…
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