noun
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(archaic, poetic, dialectal) A gull, seagull.
noun
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(obsolete) A prison, or other place of confinement.
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(obsolete) A hiding place; a secret store or den.
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(obsolete) A breeding-cage for birds.
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(falconry) A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.
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(falconry, in the plural) A building or set of buildings where moulting birds are kept.
verb
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(archaic) To shut away, confine, lock up.
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(of a bird) To moult.
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(of a bird, obsolete) To cause to moult.
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(of a deer, obsolete) To shed antlers.
noun
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The crying sound of a cat; a meow, especially of a kitten.
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The crying sound of a gull or buzzard.
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(obsolete) An exclamation of disapproval; a boo.
verb
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(of a cat, especially of a kitten) To meow.
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(of a gull or buzzard) To make its cry.
interjection
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A cat's (especially a kitten's) cry.
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A gull's or buzzard's cry.
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(archaic) An exclamation of disapproval; boo.
verb
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(intransitive, slang) To flatten one's tongue against the roof of the mouth, with the aim of improving jaw and facial structure.