Fowl
[faʊl]
Definition
(n.) Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.
(n.) Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus).
(v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.
Editor: Lucius
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Bird, winged animal.[2]. Poultry, barn-door fowl, domestic fowl.
Typist: Weldon
Definition
n. a bird: a bird of the barn-door or poultry kind a cock or hen: the flesh of fowl:—pl. Fowls Fowl.—v.i. to kill fowls by shooting or snaring.—ns. Fowl′er a sportsman who takes wild-fowl; Fowl′ing; Fowl′ing-net a net for catching birds; Fowl′ing-piece a light gun for small-shot used in fowling.
Editor: Orville
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing fowls, denotes temporary worry or illness. For a woman to dream of fowls, indicates a short illness or disagreement with her friends. See Chickens.
Typed by Julie
Examples
- Of their smaller fowl I could take up twenty or thirty at the end of my knife. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Great pleasure--not presume to dictate, but broiled fowl and mushrooms- -capital thing! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Roast fowl for your dinner, I suppose. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No rustling of the leaves--no bird's note in the wood--no cry of water-fowl from the pools of the hidden lake. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The poor folks here might have a fowl in their pot, as the good French king used to wish for all his people. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When he got back to the Slaughters', the roast fowl was of course cold, in which condition he ate it for supper. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Nearly,' replied Sawyer, helping himself to half a fowl as he spoke. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The other articles on the table are one raw and one roast fowl, bought Jan. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Have some cayenne-pepper with your fowl. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We had a hot supper on the occasion, graced by the inevitable roast fowl, and we had some flip to finish with. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But I'm always ready to back my opinion on a matter of fowls, and I have a fiver on it that the bird I ate is country bred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Canvasback ducks are considered the finest of the water-fowls for the table. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We know there the quantity of milk our neighbour takes and espy the joint or the fowls which are going in for his dinner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There were no children, no servants, no fowls. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She's such a manager of fowls, you have no idea. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- What I have said as to the temporary preservation of fish by fishmongers applies equally to the preservation of meat and fowls by butchers and poulterers. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Now, Joe, the fowls. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A middling farmer will there sometimes have four hundred fowls in his yard. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We were to have a superb dinner, consisting of a leg of pickled pork and greens, and a pair of roast stuffed fowls. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- One can't eat fowls of a bad character at a high price. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- These implements no doubt stood about in the interior of the house, from the walls of which hung his fowling-nets. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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