Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A chough; a jackdaw.
- noun A woolen garment or covering of a rough or coarse texture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. A jackdaw.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect A
jackdaw .
Etymologies
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Old English cadawe, prob. from ca chough + daw jackdaw; compare Gaelic cadhag, cathag. Compare chough, daw.
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