Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Scotch grouse or red-game, Lagopus scoticus. See cut under
grouse .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The
moorfowl .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain
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Examples
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And, by St. Hubert (saint of the chase) bright August comes, and there is moorgame on those barren wolds; and my uncle has given me the gun he shot with at my age, -- single-barrelled, flint lock; but you would not have laughed at it if you had seen the strange feats it did in Roland's hands, -- while in mine, I could always lay the blame on the flint lock!
The Caxtons — Volume 10 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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And, by St. Hubert (saint of the chase) bright August comes, and there is moorgame on those barren wolds; and my uncle has given me the gun he shot with at my age, -- single-barrelled, flint lock; but you would not have laughed at it if you had seen the strange feats it did in Roland's hands, -- while in mine, I could always lay the blame on the flint lock!
The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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